Hadith on Haya’: Modesty is beauty, obscenity is ugly

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Vulgarity is not found in anything but that it disgraces it, and modesty is not found in anything but that it beautifies it.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1974

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا كَانَ الْفُحْشُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ وَمَا كَانَ الْحَيَاءُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ

1974 سنن الترمذي كتاب البر والصلة باب ما جاء في الفحش والتفحش

5655 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الجامع

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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