Exaltation of Modesty

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Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man of the Ansar who was admonishing his brother regarding shyness. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of Iman." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

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'Imran bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Shyness does not bring anything except good." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>. In a narration of Muslim: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "All of shyness is good."

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Iman has sixty odd or seventy odd branches. The uppermost of all these is the Testimony of Faith: 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no true god except Allah) while the least of them is the removal of harmful object from the road. And shyness is a branch of Iman." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

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Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was even shier than a virgin behind her veil. When he saw something which he disliked, we could perceive it on his face. <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.