حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ نَوَّاسِ بْنِ سِمْعَانَ قَالَ أَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَنَةً مَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ الْهِجْرَةِ إِلَّا الْمَسْأَلَةُ کَانَ أَحَدُنَا إِذَا هَاجَرَ لَمْ يَسْأَلْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ شَيْئٍ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاکَ فِي نَفْسِکَ وَکَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6517
Nawwas b. Sam'an reported: I stayed with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) for one year. What obstructed me to migrate was (nothing) but (persistent) inquiries from him (about Islam). (It was a common observation) that when anyone of us migrated (to Medina) he ceased to ask (too many questions) from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). So I asked him about virtue and vice. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice is what rankles in your mind and that you disapprove of its being known to the people.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020