Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2769
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ قَالَ " احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ " . فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ " إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لاَ يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَافْعَلْ " . قُلْتُ وَالرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ خَالِيًا . قَالَ " فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَا مِنْهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَجَدُّ بَهْزٍ اسْمُهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حَيْدَةَ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ وَقَدْ رَوَى الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَهُوَ وَالِدُ بَهْزٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Bahz ibn Hakim reported from his father, from his grandfather: I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what should we cover of our private parts, and what may we leave uncovered?’ He replied, ‘Guard your private parts except from your wife or those whom your right hand possesses.’ The man asked, ‘What about a man with another man?’ He said, ‘If you can keep anyone from seeing them, then do so.’ I asked, ‘What about when a man is alone?’ He replied, ‘Allah is more deserving that one should feel modesty before Him.’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. Bahz’s grandfather was named Mu‘awiyah ibn Haydah al-Qushayri. Al-Jurayri also narrated from Hakim ibn Mu‘awiyah, Bahz’s father.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source uses ‘those whom your right hand possesses’ and distinguishes privacy before others from being alone; it says Allah is most deserving that one feel modesty before Him. The biographical chain details are included from the Arabic.