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suyuti:8752a –
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السيوطي:٨٧٥٢a –

"أُوصيك أَن تستحيى من اللَّه ﷻ كما تستحيى من الرَّجُل الصالح من قومك ".  

[حم] أحمد في الزهد، وابن المقرض، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن سعيد بن زيد أَحد العشرة، ابن يونس والحسن بن سفيان، الخرائطى في مكارم الأخلاق، والبغوى، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وسمويه عن سعيد ابن يزيد الأَزدى

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Watch yourself in front of Allah just like you watch yourself in front of a good person

سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْأَزْدِيُّ

tabarani:5539 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaʿqūb b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Saʿīd b. Yazīd al-Azdī

that he asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Give me ˹some˺ advise." He said, "I advise you to be modest in front of Allah ﷻ just as you show modesty in front of a righteous man among your people."  

الطبراني:٥٥٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَزْدِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ «أُوصِيكَ أَنْ تَسْتَحِيَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ كَمَا تَسْتَحِي مِنَ الرَّجُلِ الصَّالِحِ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ»  

Have shyness in front of Allah just like you would be shy in front of good people

ahmad-zuhd:248 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ḥajjāj > Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Jadh > Saʿīd b. Yazīd

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Give me ˹some˺ advise." He said, "I advise you to be modest in front of Allah ﷻ just as you show modesty in front of a righteous man among your people."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَذِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ

إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ «أُوصِيكَ أَنْ تَسْتَحِيَ اللَّهَ ﷻ كَمَا تَسْتَحِي رَجُلًا صَالِحًا مِنْ قَوْمِكَ»