حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ کُنَّا مَعَ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَثَمَّ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ کَعْبٍ فَحَدَّثَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْحَيَائُ خَيْرٌ کُلُّهُ أَوْ قَالَ الْحَيَائُ کُلُّهُ خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ کَعْبٍ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي بَعْضِ الْکُتُبِ أَنَّ مِنْهُ سَکِينَةً وَوَقَارًا وَمِنْهُ ضَعْفًا فَأَعَادَ عِمْرَانُ الْحَدِيثَ وَأَعَادَ بُشَيْرٌ الْکَلَامَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ عِمْرَانُ حَتَّی احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ أَلَا أُرَانِي أُحَدِّثُکَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ کُتُبِکَ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ إِيهٍ إِيهِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4796
Abu Qatadah said: We were sitting with Imran bin Hussain and Bushair bin Kaab was also there. Imran bin Hussain reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Modesty is a good altogether, or he said: Modesty is altogether good. Bushair bin Kaab said: We find in some books that there is a modesty which produces peace and dignified bearing, and there is a modesty which produces weakness. Imran bin Hussain repeated the same words. So Imran became angry so much so that his eyes became red, and he said: Don’t you see that i am transmitting a tradition from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you are mentioning something from your books? He (Qatadah) said: We said: Abu Nujaid, it is sufficient.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020