Modesty is a virtue through and through, or said: Modesty is a goodness complete. Upon this Bushair ibn Ka'b said: Verily we find in certain books or books of (wisdom) that it is God-inspired peace of mind or sobriety for the sake of Allah and there is also a weakness in it. Imran was so much enraged that his eyes became red and he said: I am narrating to you the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you are contradicting it. He (the narrator) said: Imran reported the hadith, He (the narrator) said: Bushair repeated, (the same thing). Imran was enraged. He (the narrator) said: We asserted: Verily Bushair is one amongst us. Abu Nujaid! There is nothing wrong, with him (Bushair).  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ قَالَ أَوْ قَالَ الْحَيَاءُ كُلُّهُ خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِنَّا لَنَجِدُ فِي بَعْضِ الْكُتُبِ أَوِ الْحِكْمَةِ أَنَّ مِنْهُ سَكِينَةً وَوَقَارًا لِلَّهِ وَمِنْهُ ضَعْفٌ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ عِمْرَانُ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتَا عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ أَلاَ أُرَانِي أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتُعَارِضُ فِيهِ قَالَ فَأَعَادَ عِمْرَانُ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فَأَعَادَ بُشَيْرٌ فَغَضِبَ عِمْرَانُ قَالَ فَمَا زِلْنَا نَقُولُ فِيهِ إِنَّهُ مِنَّا يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ إِنَّهُ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ  

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.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ أَوْ قَالَ الْحَيَاءُ كُلُّهُ خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي بَعْضِ الْكُتُبِ أَنَّ مِنْهُ سَكِينَةً وَوَقَارًا وَمِنْهُ ضَعْفًا فَأَعَادَ عِمْرَانُ الْحَدِيثَ وَأَعَادَ بُشَيْرٌ الْكَلاَمَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ عِمْرَانُ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ أَلاَ أَرَانِي أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ كُتُبِكَ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ إِيهٍ إِيهٍ  

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