We were sitting with ʿImran b. Hussain and Bushair b. Kaʿb was also there. ʿImran b. Hussain reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Modesty is good altogether, or he said: Modesty is altogether good. Bushair b. Kaʿb said : We find in some books that there is a modesty which produces peace and dignified bearing, and there is a modesty which produces weakness. ʿImran b. Hussain repeated the same words. So ʿImran became angry so much so that his eyes became red, and he said : Don’t you see that I am transmitting a tradition from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you are mentioning something from your books? He (Qatadah) said : We said : Abu Nujaid, it is sufficient. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4796)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ أَوْ إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِنَّا لَنَجِدُ فِي بَعْضِ الْكُتُبِ أَوْ قَالَ الْحِكْمَةِ أَنَّ مِنْهُ سَكِينَةً وَوَقَارًا لَلَّهِ وَمِنْهُ ضَعْفًا فَأَعَادَ عِمْرَانُ الْحَدِيثَ وَأَعَادَ بُشَيْرٌ مَقَالَتَهُ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ ذَاكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَغَضِبَ عِمْرَانُ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَعْرِضُ فِيهِ لِحَدِيثِ الْكُتُبِ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍإِنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَإِنَّهُ مِنَّا فَمَا زِلْنَا حَتَّى سَكَنَ