It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"The Messenger of Allah [ﷺ] said: 'Faith has seventy-odd branches, the most virtuous of which is La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and the least of which is removing something harmful from the road. And modesty (Al-Haya') is a branch of faith.'"
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
الإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ شُعْبَةً أَفْضَلُهَا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَوْضَعُهَا إِمَاطَةُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Ahmed bin SuliamanJaziara, Rahawa · d. 261 AH
- 2Abu Da'udIraq,Egypt,Syria,Hijaz,Marv · d. 275 AH/889 CE
- 3Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-ThawriKufa/Hijaz/Basra · d. 161 AH
- 4al-Fadl bin Dakayn, Abu Na'eemal-Kufa · d. 212 AH or 219 AH
- 5Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
- 6'Abdullah bin DinarMedina · d. 127 AH
- 7Dhakwan Abu Salah al-Saman al-ZiyatMedina,Kufa · d. 101 AH
- 8Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 47, Hadith 21
- English Reference
- Vol. 6, Book 47, Hadith 5008