Sunday, July 11, 2010

Modesty

Ibn 'Umar [may Allah be pleased with him] reported:  Messenger of Allah [peace be upon him] passed by a man of the Ansar who was admonishing his brother regarding shyness. Messenger of Allah [peace be upon him] said, "Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of Iman."   [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]



Commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf:

The Ansari, who was being lectured by his brother, was indeed an embodiment of modesty and unpretentiousness. Such a man is never sharp in worldly affairs because modesty restrains him from following wrong ways.  For this reason, modesty has been called a part of the faith.  This is an inborn quality, that is, some people are unassertive by birth.  Yet, if they are gradually guided and directed towards virtues, their unassumingness further increases.  And in Islam it is counted a virtue.

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