Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 601
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: مَا كَانَ الْحَيَاءُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ، وَلاَ كَانَ الْفُحْشُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلا شَانَهُ.
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Ibrahim ibn Musa related to us: ‘Abd al-Razzaq related to us, from Ma‘mar, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “Modesty does not enter into anything without adorning it, and obscenity does not enter into anything without disfiguring it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
I rendered الحياء as modesty and الفحش as obscenity; the paired verbs زانه/شانه contrast adornment with disfigurement.
وَلاَ كَانَ الْفُحْشُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلا شَانَهُ.
الفحش can mean obscenity, indecency, or foulness; “outrage” is less direct in this context.
Is “obscenity” the most appropriate rendering here?