1 – Book of Manners

84 – Chapter: Modesty (ḥayāʾ), its merit, and the exhortation to cultivate it

686 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man from the Anṣār who was advising his brother about modesty. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Leave him alone, for modesty is part of faith.” Agreed upon.

687 – ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Modesty brings nothing but good.” Agreed upon.

In another version recorded by Muslim: “Modesty is pure good,” or he said, “All of modesty is good.”

688 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Faith consists of over seventy—or over sixty—branches. The highest of them is to declare, ‘There is no god worthy of worship except Allah,’ and the lowest of them is to remove something harmful from the roadway. And modesty is one branch of faith.” Agreed upon.

al-biḍʿ (a few) refers to any number from three to ten; al-shuʿbah means a part or quality; al-imāṭah means removal; al-adhā denotes anything that causes harm, such as a stone, a thorn, mud, ashes, filth, and the like.

689 – Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was exceedingly modest