'A'isha said, "The Prophet was lying down in my room with his thigh
uncovered when Abu Bakr asked for permission to enter. He gave him permission
to enter, remaining as he was. Then 'Umar asked for permission to come
in and he gave him permission, remaining as he was. Then 'Uthman asked
for permission to enter and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, sat up and arranged his garment, and then he came in and spoke.
When he left, I said, 'Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr came in and you did
not exert yourself nor concern yourself with him. Then 'Umar came in and
you did not exert yourself nor concern yourself with him. Then 'Uthman came
in and you sat up and arranged your garment.' He said, 'Should I not be
modest before a man before whom the angels are modest?'"
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ، فَقَالَ: دَعْهُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الإيمَانِ.- حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُعَاتِبُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ، كَأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ: أَضَرَّ بِكَ، فَقَالَ: دَعْهُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ.
Salim reported from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by a man who berating his brother
about his modesty. He told him, "Let him be. Modesty is part of faith."
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: مَا كَانَ الْحَيَاءُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ، وَلاَ كَانَ الْفُحْشُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلا شَانَهُ.
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Whenever there is modesty in a thing, it adorns
it. Whenever there is outrage in a thing, it debases it."
Sa'id ibn al-'As reported that 'Uthman and 'A'isha told him that
Abu Bakr asked for permission to come in to the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was lying of 'A'isha's bed,
wearing 'A'isha's woollen shirt. He gave Abu Bakr permission to enter while
he was like that. he gave him what he needed and then Abu Bakr left. Then
'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, asked for permission to come in and
he gave him permission to come in while he was like that. He gave him what
he needed and then 'Umar left. 'Uthman said, "Then I asked for permission
to come in and he sat up and told 'A'isha, 'Take your garment.' I told
him what I needed and then I left.' 'A'isha asked, 'Messenger of Allah,
why did I see that you did not do for Abu Bakr and 'Umar what you did for
'Uthman?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, ''Uthman is a modest man and I feared that if I gave him permission
to come in while I was in that state he would not tell me what he needed.'"
