Hadith on Haya: All of Islam revolves around modesty

Qurrah ibn Iyas reported: We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when modesty was mentioned to him. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, is modesty part of the religion?” The Prophet said, “Rather, it is the entire religion.” Then, the Prophet said, “Verily, modesty, abstinence, reticence of the tongue but not the heart, and deeds are all part of faith. They bring gain in the Hereafter and loss in the world: what is gained in the Hereafter is much greater than what is missed in the world.

Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 20808

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ قرة بن إياس كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ الْحَيَاءُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الدِّينِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَلْ هُوَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ الْعَفَافُ وَالْعِيَّ عِيُّ اللِّسَانِ لا عِيُّ الْقَلْبِ وَالْعَمَلُ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ وَإِنَّهُنَّ يَزِدْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَيَنْقُصْنَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا يَزِدْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا يَزِدْنَ فِي الدُّنْيَا

20808 السنن الكبرى للبيهقي كتاب الشهادات جماع أبواب من تجوز شهادته

3381 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في السلسلة الصحيحة

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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