Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 58

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلاً يَعِظُ أَخَاهُ فِي الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الْحَيَاءَ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Sahl ibn Abi Sahl and Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Yazid narrated to us; they said: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man admonishing his brother about modesty, and said, “Modesty is a branch of faith.”

Translation notes
  • The Arabic states that the Prophet heard the man; the English witness has a grammatical error (“said heard”) and reverses the subject of the final speech.