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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْحَيَاءَ جُزْءٌ مِنْ أَجْزَاءِ الْإِيمَانِ، إِذِ الْإِيمَانُ شُعَبٌ لِأَجْزَاءٍ عَلَى مَا تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهُ

ibnhibban:610Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] passed by a man who was censuring his brother about modesty. He said: "Let him be, for modesty is part of faith." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5033)   

ابن حبّان:٦١٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad
bukhari:24ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

that once Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by an Ansari (man) who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya'. On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave him as Haya' is a part of faith." (See Hadith 9)  

البخاري:٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ؛ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ؛ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ؛ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؛ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «دَعْهُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ۔»  

muslim:36aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

Modesty is part of Iman (faith).  

مسلم:٣٦aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلاً يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ  

nasai:5033[Chain 1] Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Maʿn > Mālik [Chain 2] Asmaʿ > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim from his father

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] passed by a man who was censuring his brother about modesty. He said: "Let him be, for modesty is part of faith."  

النسائي:٥٠٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ح وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ  

abudawud:4795al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man of the Ansar when he was giving his brother a warning against modesty. The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said : Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of faith.  

أبو داود:٤٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ  

ibnmajah:58Sahl b. Abū Sahl And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said heard a man urging his brother to be modest. He said: 'Indeed modesty is a branch of faith.'"  

ابن ماجة:٥٨حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلاً يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ  

malik:47-10Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man who was chiding his brother about modesty. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave him. Modesty is part of iman."  

مالك:٤٧-١٠وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ  

ahmad:6341ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man of the Ansar when he was giving his brother a warning against modesty. The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said : Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of faith. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4795)   

أحمد:٦٣٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ  

ahmad:5183Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man of the Ansar when he was giving his brother a warning against modesty. The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said : Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of faith. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4795)   

أحمد:٥١٨٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَانَ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ  

ahmad:4554Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

Modesty is part of Iman (faith). (Using translation from Muslim 36a)  

أحمد:٤٥٥٤حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ