By Ibn Qoiyim al-Jauziyah

Compiled by Fazrul Ismail

10 Types of Modesty
 ‫الحياء شعبة من االيمان‬
Modesty Is A Branch Of Faith
 "When there is no haya left, then do as you
please.“ (Hadith from Prophet)
Thesis Statement

َ ‫ك أَجْ َر َما َسقَي‬

‫ْت‬ َ َ‫ك لِيَجْ ِزي‬ َ ‫ت إِ َّن أَ ِبي يَ ْد ُعو‬
ْ َ‫فَ َجا َء ْتهُ إِحْ َداهُ َما تَ ْم ِشي َعلَى ا ْستِحْ يَا ٍء قَال‬
)٢٥( ‫ين‬َ ‫ت ِم َن ْالقَ ْو ِم الظَّالِ ِم‬
َ ‫ف نَ َج ْو‬ْ ‫ص قَا َل ال تَ َخ‬ َ ‫ص‬ َ َ‫لَنَا فَلَ َّما َجا َءهُ َوقَصَّ َعلَ ْي ِه ْالق‬
25. Then there came to Him one of the two women, walking
shyly. she said: "Verily, My father calls You that He may
reward You for having watered (Our flocks) for us." so when
He came to Him and narrated the story, He said: "Fear You
not. You have escaped from the people who are Zâlimûn
(polytheists, disbelievers, and wrong-doers)."
 
 
Modesty is the freedom from vanity
and showiness/flashiness.
 Zaid bin Talha reported that the Prophet
Muhammad Sallallahu `Alayhi-wasallam said
modesty and faith are companions if one goes the
other follows it - they go parallel hand in hand
with each other.
 The Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu `Alayhi-
wasallam despite his great handsomeness was the
most modest among all mankind. He was the
most bashful- he was described as being more
bashful than a virgin in her seclusion.
Surah an-Nuur

‫ك أَ ْز َكى‬
َ ِ‫ار ِه ْم َويَ ْحفَظُوا فُرُو َجهُ ْم َذل‬ َ ‫ين يَ ُغضُّ وا ِم ْن أَ ْب‬
ِ ‫ص‬ َ ِ‫قُ ْل لِ ْل ُم ْؤ ِمن‬
َ ‫لَهُ ْم إِ َّن هَّللا َ َخبِي ٌر بِ َما يَصْ نَع‬
)٣٠( ‫ُون‬
30. Tell the believing men to lower their gaze
(from looking at forbidden things), and protect
their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.).
that is purer for them. Verily, Allâh is All-Aware
of what they do.
 
 
 ‘Imran bin Hussain narrates that the
Prophet(Sallahu Alyhee Wa Salaam) said,
“Modesty brings nothing but good. Modesty
is part of Faith and Faith is in Paradise. But
obscenity is part of hardness of the heart and
hardness of the heart is in hell.” [al-Bukhari,
Muslim, Abu Dawood, and Ahmad]
1. Modesty upon sins

 The modesty of Adam

 When he committed the sin he was trying to
hide from Allah because he recognized he
had sinned agains Him
2. Modesty upon shortcomings

 The angels
 Enormous in size and number
 The carriers of the throne of Allah
 Between their ear and their shoulder is the
distance between the heavens and the earth.
Allah these angel, who never disobey Him and
continuously glorify His praises. These angels
asked Allah the purpose behind such a creation
when they merely would transgress whereas the
angels glorified Allah’s praises:
 ُ ِ‫ض َخلِيفَةً قَالُوا أَتَجْ َع ُل فِيهَا َم ْن يُ ْف ِس ُد فِيهَا َويَ ْسف‬
‫ك ال ِّد َما َء‬ ِ ْ‫ك لِ ْل َمالئِ َك ِة إِنِّي َجا ِع ٌل فِي األر‬ َ ُّ‫َوإِ ْذ قَا َل َرب‬
)٣٠( ‫ون‬ َ ‫ك قَا َل إِنِّي أَ ْعلَ ُم َما ال تَ ْعلَ ُم‬ َ َ‫ك َونُقَ ِّدسُ ل‬ َ ‫َونَحْ ُن نُ َسبِّ ُح بِ َح ْم ِد‬
30. and (remember) when Your Lord said to the angels: "Verily, I am going
to place (mankind) generations after generations on earth." they said:
"Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed
blood, - while we glorify You with praises and thanks (Exalted be You
above All that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify You." He
(Allâh) said: "I know that which You do not know."
)٣١( ‫ين‬ َ ِ‫صا ِدق‬َ ‫ضهُ ْم َعلَى ْال َمالئِ َك ِة فَقَا َل أَ ْن ِبئُونِي ِبأ َ ْس َما ِء هَ ُؤال ِء إِ ْن ُك ْنتُ ْم‬ َ ‫ َو َعلَّ َم آ َد َم األ ْس َما َء ُكلَّهَا ثُ َّم َع َر‬ 
31. and He taught Adam All the names (of everything) , Then He showed
them to the angels and said, "Tell Me the names of These if You are
truthful."
 When Allah proved the superiority of Adam
over them, due to the knowledge he
bestowed on Adam, the angels immediately
glorified Allah and belittled their status and
realised their shortcomings. They know
nothing except what Allah taught them:
)٣٢( ‫ت ْال َعلِي ُم ْال َح ِكي ُم‬
َ ‫ك أَ ْن‬
َ َّ‫ك ال ِع ْل َم لَنَا إِال َما َعلَّ ْمتَنَا إِن‬
َ َ‫قَالُوا ُس ْب َحان‬
32. They (angels) said: "Glory be to you, we have
no knowledge except what You have taught us.
Verily, it is you, the All-Knower, the All-Wise."
 
 
3. Modesty upon knowledge

 Living a life of profound spirituality in pursuit

of jannah
 The more knowledge one pursues the more
modest one will become. Any knowledge
which does not increase you in fear of Allah is
no good.
4. Modesty upon generosity

 When the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu

`Alayhi-wasallam would be sitting with a
gathering in his own home and when he grew
tired he would get up kindly and leave, and
not tell his guests to leave.
5. Modesty upon decency

 'Ali so modest that when he had a wet dream

- he did not ask the Prophet Muhammad
Sallallahu `Alayhi-wasallam directly as he was
married to his daughter but had to go ask
someone else (al Miqdam ibn al aswad) to ask
the Prophet (in Bukhari and Muslim).
6. Modesty upon despising

 Being modest about despising generally

7. Modesty upon love

 Shyness when about to meet the one who I

love
8. Modesty upon enslavement

 Derived from fear of Allah.

9. Modesty upon dignity

 Doing more than the soul deserves -

surprising myself that I could possibly do so
much good. I.e. giving $100 in charity to the
masjid instead of usual $5
10.Modesty upon one's self
 Committing actions which downgrades oneself in front of Allah and
 people to below the level they are.
 I.e. Umar telling himself he had a lowly status before Islam before
 entire Muslim congregation (in order to prevent any kibr).
 Ibn Mas’ood (Radiyallahu An Hum narrates that the Prophet (Sallahu
Alyhee Wa Salaam) said, “Be bashful before Allah according to His right
to modesty before Him.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, verily we are
shy, praise be to Allah.” He said, “That is not it. Modesty before Allah
according to His right to modesty is that you perfect your mind in what it
learns, your stomach in what it ingests. And remember death and the
tribulations attached to it. And whoever wishes for the Hereafter, leaves
the adornment of this life. So whoever does all that is truly bashful
before Allah according to His right to modesty. [at- Tirmidhi, al-Haakim,
al-Bayhaqi, at-Tabarani]
3 DEGREES OF MODESTY

1. Ar-Raqabah (vigilance) - Modesty that stems

from belief that Allah is watching me. And
Allah is watching you.
2. Stemming from Allah's specific togetherness
3. Resorting to Allah alone - Ibn Qayyim says
about this that this can only be reached by
some profound spirituality
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