Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 56, Hadith 8
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّوَّارِ الْعَدَوِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: الْحَيَاءُ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ، فَقَالَ بُشَيْرُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ: إِنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ وَقَارًا، إِنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ سَكِينَةً، فَقَالَ لَهُ عِمْرَانُ: أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَتُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ صَحِيفَتِكَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Adam related to us: Shu‘bah related to us, from Qatadah, from Abu al-Sawwar al-‘Adawi, who said: I heard ‘Imran ibn Husayn say: The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘Modesty brings nothing but good.’ Bashir ibn Ka‘b said: ‘It is written in books of wisdom: “There is dignity in modesty; there is tranquility in modesty.”’ ‘Imran said to him: ‘I am relating to you from the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, and you are relating to me from your written page!’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The last word صحيفة denotes Bashir’s written source/page; it is translated as “written page” without specifying a particular book.