Allaah The Almighty is Bashful and Likes Bashfulness

It was narrated on the authority of Salmaan that the Messenger of
Allaah said: "Allaah is Bashful and Most Generous, He is too Bashful
to let someone go empty-handed after raising his hands in
supplication." [Abu Daawood]
It was narrated on the authority of Ya'la ibn Umayyah that the
Messenger of Allaah said: "Allaah is Bashful and conceals (faults), He
likes bashfulness and concealment (of faults). So, whenone of you
performs Ghusl (ritual bath), he should conceal himself." [Abu
Daawood]
Ibn Al-Qayyim said, "As for the bashfulness of Allaah The Almighty
toward His slave, it is another kind of bashfulness which is
unperceivable and in a manner which cannot be formulated by minds. It
is a form of bashfulness that features generosity, kindness, giving
and magnificence. Allaah The Almighty is Bashful and Most Generous,
and is too Bashful to let someone go empty-handed after he raises his
hands in supplication. Likewise, He is too Bashful to torture an old
man after he becomes old in Islam." [Madaarij As-Saalikeen]
Al-Mubaarakfoori said,"(Allaah The Almighty is Bashful): bashful in
Arabic is "Hayiyy" and itsignifies that He is extremely bashful. To
describe Allaah The Almighty as Bashful is interpretedin a way that
befits Him, like His other divine attributes, we believe in them
without formulating a manner for any of them." [Tuhfat Al-Ahwathi]
Although Allaah The Almighty is perfectly free of need of all
creatures, being the Most Generous, He is too bashful to expose the
disobedient person, expose him to scandal or punish him. Rather,
Allaah The Almighty shields that person through providing him with the
means that maintain his being unexposed, pardons him, forgives him,
endears Himself to him by bestowing favors upon him and does not let
someone goempty-handed after humbly raising his hands.
In Faydh Al-Qadeer, Al-Munaawi said, "At-Toorbishti said, 'Allaah
likes bashfulness and concealment because they are two attributes that
urge the slave to adopt the morals of Allaah The Almighty."
Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah said. "Whoever has a similarity with Allaah
The Almighty in one of His attributes, that attribute will lead him to
Allaah The Enter, enter him upon [the presence of] his Lord, bring him
closer to His mercy and make him beloved to Allaah The Almighty.
Allaah The Almighty is Merciful and He likes those who are merciful,
Generousand likes those who are generous, Knowledgeable and likes
those who are knowledgeable, Strong and likes those who are strong
believers who are more beloved to Him than weak believers, Bashful and
likes those who are bashful, Beautiful and likes those who
arebeautiful, is One and likes what isodd (in number)."
'Abdullaah ibn 'Umar said,"No slave (of Allaah The Almighty)will have
perfect faith until he realizes that Allaah The Almighty sees him and
hence he will not do anything in secret which will expose him on the
Day of Resurrection."
Al-Junayd said, "Bashfulness is to realize the favors (of Allaah The
Almighty) and simultaneously realize one's negligence. This would
result in astate called bashfulness, which is in essence a moral that
urges abandoning evils and prevents showing negligence towards the
rights of Allaah The Almighty."
Hadeeths on bashfulness
Due to the importance of bashfulness in Islam and the encouragement to
people to acquire this characteristic, there are many Hadeeths
(narrations) about bashfulness:
It was narrated that the Prophet said:
• "Among what has reached the people from the words of the first
prophethood: If you are not bashful, then do as you wish." [Saheeh
Al-Jaami']
• "Each religion has a (distinctive)moral call, and the (distinctive)
moral call of Islam is bashfulness." [Ibn Maajah]
• "Bashfulness is all goodness." [Muslim]
• "Bashfulness brings only good." [Al-Bukhaari]
• "Bashfulness is a part of faith." [Muslim]
• "Bashfulness and faith are inseparable; when one of them ismissing,
the other is also missing." [Al-Haakim]
• "Faith consists of more than sixty branches, and bashfulness isa
branch of faith." [Al-Bukhaari]
• "Bashfulness is a part of faith, and faith is in Paradise.Obscenity
is a part of harshness, and harshness is in Hell." [At-Tirmithi]
• "Bashfulness and talking less are two branches of faith, and
obscenity and loquaciousness aretwo branches of hypocrisy." [Ahmad]
• Indecency disfigures everything and bashfulness enhances the beauty
of everything." [Ahmad]
It was narrated on the authority of Salmaan Al-Faarisi that he said,
"When Allaah The Almighty wants to destroy a slave, He
takesbashfulness away from him, and when bashfulness is taken away
from him, you will not find him but hateful and hated by others. When
he is hateful and hated by others, He (Allaah The Almighty) takes
trustworthiness away fromhim and you will not find him buttraitorous
and looked upon as a betrayer. When he is traitorous and looked upon
as a betrayer, He takes mercy away from him and you will not find him
but harsh and rude. When he is harshand rude, He takes the essence
offaith away from him; and when He takes the essence of faith away
from him, you will not find him but a cursed devil." [Jaami' Al-'Uloom
wal-Hikam]
Sufyaan ibn 'Uyaynah said,"Yahya ibn Ja'dah said, 'When yousee a man
who lacks bashfulness,know that his lineage is not pure." [Rawdhat
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