صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإيمان
The Book of Faith
باب بَيَانِ عَدَدِ شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانِ وَأَفْضَلِهَا وَأَدْنَاهَا وَفَضِيلَةِ الْحَيَاءِ وَكَوْنِهِ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ
Chapter: Clarifying the number of branches of faith, the best and the least of them, the virtue of modesty (Al-Haya') and the fact that it is part of faith
Hadith 37
This hadith is listed as number 157 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ إِسْحَاق وَهُوَ ابْنُ سُوَيْدٍ ، أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنَّا ، وَفِينَا بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ، فَحَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ، قَال : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الْحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ " ، قَالَ : أَوَ 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 : أَلَا أُرَانِي أُحَدِّثُكَ ، عَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتُعَارِضُ فِيهِ ، قَالَ : فَأَعَادَ عِمْرَانُ الْحَدِيثَ ، قَالَ : فَأَعَادَ بُشَيْرٌ ، فَغَضِبَ عِمْرَانُ ، قَالَ : فَمَا زِلْنَا نَقُولُ فِيهِ : إِنَّهُ مِنَّا يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ ، إِنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ .
It is narrated on the authority of Qatada. We were sitting with 'Imran bin Husain in a company and Bushair ibn Ka'b was also amongst us. 'Imran narrated to us that on a certain occasion the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: 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).
