Hadith on Modesty

23 sayings

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The Holy Prophet [s] said
Lose your modesty and do whatever you want to.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1206; Page No. 173 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
Each one of you should keep modest in the sight of the two angles companion to him, just as he does with respect to two of his righteous neighbors, for(these) angels are with him day and night.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 522; Page No. 76 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
Verily every religion has a natural disposition and the natural disposition of Islam is modesty.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5757; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 615 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
Every one of you should be modest in front of his two angels that are with him, just as you would be modest with two righteous neighbours that are with you day and night
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5751; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 617 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
If modesty were a man, it would be a decent one.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1001; Page No. 141 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
Be properly modest to the Exalted God, for He has distributed among you your morals in the same way as your sustenance.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 299; Page No. 47&48 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
Evil and scurrility degrade, but modesty decorates their hosts.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 571; Page No. 83 · permalink
Imam Sadiq (as.) said
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, "A person who obeys his wife will be thrown headlong into Hell." Imam (a.s.) was asked what he meant by obedience of wife. He replied, "Here obedience means that the wife asks her husband to accompany her to bath, weddings, sermons etc. while she hasn't covered her body properly, and he agrees."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 284 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Modesty is the means to all beauty.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 211, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 615 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Modesty is the key to all goodness
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 340; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 615 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The most intelligent person is the most modest one.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2900; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 615 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Modesty prevents ugly actions.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1393; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 615 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The means to chastity is modesty
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5527; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 615 · permalink
Imam Sadiq (as.) said
There is no faith for the one who has no modesty.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 106, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 615 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
There are two types of modesty, modesty springing from the intellect, and a sense of shame arising from foolishness. As for the modesty of the intellect, it is knowledge, and as for the shame from foolishness, it is ignorance.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 149, no. 75; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 616 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Shame has been associated with deprivation.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6714; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 616 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Shame prevents sustenance.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 274; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 616 · permalink
Imam Sadiq (as.) said
One who is ashamed of speaking the truth is a fool
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8650; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 616 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
From the proverbs of the prophets (AS) only the following saying of the people has remained, "If you do not have modesty then do as you wish".
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 56, no. 207; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 616 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
One who is not ashamed in front of people is not ashamed in front of Allah, Glory be to Him
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9081; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 616 · permalink
The Holy Prophet [s] said
Be modest in front of Allah just like your modesty with your righteous neighbours, for verily modesty with Allah increases one's conviction.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 200, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 617 · permalink
Imam Kadhim [a] said
Be modest with Allah when in private just as you are modest with people in public
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 394; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 617 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The peak of modesty is for a man to be modest in the presence of his own self.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6369; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 617 · permalink

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