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Hadith 20 · 2 fragments

Modesty is from faith

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.20

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Arabic edition text

1

عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَنْصَارِيِّ الْبَدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Abu Masood Uqbah bin ’Amr al-Ansaree al-Badree (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily, from what was learnt by the people from the speech of the earliest prophecy is: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.

Word by word
عَنْ
ʿan
from
أَبِي
abī
Abu
مَسْعُودٍ
masʿūdin
Mas'ud
عُقْبَةَ
ʿuq'bata
Uqba
بْنِ
b'ni
son of
عَمْرٍو
ʿamrin
Amr
الْأَنْصَارِيِّ
l-anṣāriyyi
al-Ansari
الْبَدْرِيِّ
l-badriyyi
al-Badri (of Badr)
رَضِيَ
raḍiya
may be pleased
اللهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
with him
قَالَ:
qāla
he said
2

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم إنَّ مِمَّا أَدْرَكَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلَامِ النُّبُوَّةِ الْأُولَى: إذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحِ فَاصْنَعْ مَا شِئْت .<br>

Matn

” [Al-Bukhari]

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
said
رَسُولُ
rasūlu
the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
صلى
ṣallā
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
ʿalayhi
upon him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
إنَّ
inna
indeed
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
أَدْرَكَ
adraka
reached
النَّاسُ
l-nāsu
the people
مِنْ
min
from
كَلَامِ
kalāmi
the words of
النُّبُوَّةِ
l-nubuwati
prophethood
الْأُولَى:
l-ūlā
the early (first)
إذَا
idhā
if
لَمْ
lam
not
تَسْتَحِ
tastaḥi
you feel shame
فَاصْنَعْ
fa-iṣ'naʿ
then do
مَا
whatever
شِئْت
shi'ta
you wish
3

[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ]

Word by word
[رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
الْبُخَارِيُّ]
l-bukhāriyyu
al-Bukhari

Lesson

Modesty (haya) restrains from the unworthy; where it is lost, the boundary between good and evil disappears too.

Text within an-Nawawi's collection: the Arabic source edition and the Ukrainian translation by the “Nur” project (by meaning).