Shyness and Modesty is a branch of Iman

[shaikhrafique]

 

By Mohammad Rafidue Etasame

 

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Iman has sixty odd or seventy odd branches. The uppermost of all these is the Testimony of Faith: 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no true god except Allah) while the least of them is the removal of harmful object from the road. And shyness is a branch of Iman."

 

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

 

-وعن أبى هريرة رضي الله عنه، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ “الإيمان بضع وسبعون، أو بضع وستون شعبة، فأفضلها قول لا إله إلا الله، وأدناها إماطة الأذى عن الطريق، والحياء شعبة من الإيمان” ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was more modest than a virgin in her tent. When he disliked something, we recognised that in his face."

Grade:  Sahih (Al-Albani)               صـحـيـح   (الألباني)         

 

 

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Iman has sixty odd or seventy odd branches. The uppermost of all these is the Testimony of Faith: 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no true god except Allah) while the least of them is the removal of harmful object from the road. And Shyness is a branch of Iman."  Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه، قال‏:‏ ، فإذا رأى شيئياً يكرهه عرفناه  في وجهه‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏

 

‏ The literal meaning of modesty is dignity, seriousness. It is the opposite of shamelessness, obscenity, and indecency. In Islamic terminology, modesty refers to the shame that a person feels before his own nature and before God when he is inclined to do something wrong.

The meaning of modesty is "shame", "chastity," and "purity." It is a state that motivates a person to avoid shamelessness, obscenity, and evil. Modesty is an inner feeling that motivates a person to do good and avoid evil.

 

That is, modesty is the name of that thing that when a person is alone or in front of everyone, he is ashamed of saying something sinful or wrong and because of modesty he fears Allah Almighty and fulfills all His commands according to the Sunnah. It is as if the whole of Islam is the name of modesty. That is, without modesty and without being ashamed of sins, a person's Islam is not complete. Modesty is necessary to fully follow Islamic teachings. As the meaning of a hadith is that if you do not have modesty, then do whatever you want. That is, if you have modesty, then that person will do every kind of work thoughtfully and if he does not have modesty, then whatever he wants, he will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment. We pray to Allah Almighty to grant us the ability to act on these hadiths. End with faith and say, Amen.