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Modesty and shyness bring about nothing except goodness

suyuti:10669a – ʿImrān b. Huṣayn

"Modesty brings about nothing except goodness."

Aḥmad; Bukhārī; Muslim; from ʿImrān b. Huṣayn

السيوطي:١٠٦٦٩a – عن عمران بن حصين

«الحياءُ لا يأتِي إِلَّا بخيرٍ۔»

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن عمران بن حصين

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[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, modesty only brings goodness."

الطبراني:١٥٣٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجَمَّالِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدَةِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ»

tabarani:15656 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > 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)? (Using translation from Bukhārī 6117)

الطبراني:١٥٦٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي السَّوَّارِ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحَيَاءُ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ»

Modesty and shyness bring about nothing except goodness

tabarani:15657 – Mūsá b. Hārūn > Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > al-Ḥajjāj b. al-Ḥajjāj > Qatādah > Abū al-Sawwār > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Modesty brings about nothing except goodness."

الطبراني:١٥٦٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي السَّوَّارِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ»