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Modesty and shyness bring about nothing except goodness

bukhari:6117 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Sawwār al-ʿAdawī > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

the Prophet ﷺ said, "Ḥayāʾ (modesty) brings about nothing except good."

Thereupon Bushayr b. Kaʿb said: It is written in ˹my˺ wisdom ˹notes˺ that Ḥayāʾ leads to solemnity; Ḥayāʾ leads to tranquility. ʿImrān said to him: I am narrating to you the saying of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you are speaking about your ˹notes on˺ paper (wisdom book)?  

البخاري:٦١١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ؛ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ؛ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ؛ عَنْ أَبِي السَّوَّارِ الْعَدَوِيِّ قَالَ؛ سَمِعْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْحَيَاءُ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ۔»

فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ، إِنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ وَقَارًا، وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ سَكِينَةً۔ فَقَالَ لَهُ عِمْرَانُ: أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ صَحِيفَتِكَ؟  

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad

Modesty and shyness bring about nothing except goodness

muslim:37a – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná and Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Sawwār > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Modesty brings forth nothing but goodness."

Bushayr b. Kaʿb said: It is recorded in the books of wisdom, there lies sobriety in it and calmness of mind in it, ʿImrān said: I am narrating to you the tradition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you talk of your books?  

مسلم:٣٧a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا السَّوَّارِ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «الْحَيَاءُ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ۔»

فَقَالَ: بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ أَنَّ مِنْهُ وَقَارًا وَمِنْهُ سَكِينَةً فَقَالَ عِمْرَانُ: أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ صُحُفِكَ؟  

ahmad:19830 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Sawwār al-ʿAdawi > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn al-Khuzāʿī

Modesty brings forth nothing but goodness. Bushair b. Ka'b said: It is recorded in the books of wisdom, there lies sobriety in it and calmness of mind in it, Imran said: I am narrating to you the tradition of the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) and you talk of your books. (Using translation from Muslim 37a)  

أحمد:١٩٨٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا السَّوَّارِ الْعَدَوِىَّ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ الْحَيَاءُ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ أَنَّ مِنْهُ وَقَارًا وَمِنْهُ سَكِينَةً فَقَالَعِمْرَانُ أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ صُحُفِكَ