In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
Imam al-Nawawi records in his book Meadows of the Righteous:
باب الحياء وفضله والحث على التخلق به
Chapter on modesty, its virtue, and encouragement to behave with it.
Source: Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn 1/219
Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by a man from the Ansar who was warning his brother about modesty, but the Prophet said:
دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ
Let him be, for modesty is part of faith.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 24, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi
‘Imran ibn Husayn reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
الْحَيَاءُ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ
Modesty does not bring anything but goodness.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6117, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi
In another narration, the Prophet said:
الْحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ
Modesty is good in all things.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 37, Grade: Sahih
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ شُعْبَةً فَأَفْضَلُهَا قَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الْأَذَى عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ
Faith has sixty to seventy branches, the best of which is to declare there is no God but Allah, the least of which is to remove something harmful from the road, and modesty is a branch of faith.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 9, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported:
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَشَدَّ حَيَاءً مِنْ الْعَذْرَاءِ فِي خِدْرِهَا فَإِذَا رَأَى شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ عَرَفْنَاهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was more modest than a virgin in seclusion. If he saw something that he disliked, we would see it on his face.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6102, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi
Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best.
