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Sahih Muslim 35a

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Iman has over seventy branches, and modesty is a branch of Iman.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
8names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ شُعْبَةً وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Iman has over seventy branches, and modesty is a branch of Iman.

یحییٰ بن سعید نے کہا : میں نے سفیان ثوری ، شعبہ ، مالک اور ابن عیینہ سے ایسے آدمی کے بارے میں پوچھا جو حدیث میں پور ی طرح قابل اعتماد ( ثقہ ) نہ ہو ، پھر کوئی آدمی آئے اور مجھ سے اس کے بارے میں سوال کرے؟ تو ان سب نے کہا : اس کے بارے میں بتا دو کہ وہ پوری طرح قابل اعتماد نہیں ہے

Bize Amr b. Ali Ebû Hafs dahi rivâyet etti. ki: «Yahya b. Saîd'i şunu söylerken işittim: Süfyan-ı Sevrî ile Şu'be'ye, Mâlik'e ve İbn üyeyne'ye sordum: Bir kimse hadîsde mevsuk olmaz da, birisi onun hakkında bana sual sorarsa ne yapmalıyım? dedim. «Onun mevsuk olmadığım haber ver!» dediler

Sahih Muslim 35a, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 59. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that faith consists of many branches and elements comprising various deeds, beliefs, and words. And he states that the best and most sublime among the elements of faith is to say "there is no god but Allah" while knowing its meaning and acting according to it - that Allah is the One true God Who is worthy of worship,

alone, and apart from all else. And that the lowest act of faith is to remove any object harmful to people from their ways. Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that modesty is one of the elements of faith, and it is a character trait that prompts one to do what is good and deters him from doing what is evil.

What it teaches

  • Faith comprises various levels, some of which are higher than others.
  • Faith consists of words, deeds, and beliefs.
  • Modesty towards Allah entails that He should not see you where He prohibited you from, or miss you where He commanded you to be.
  • Mention of the number does not mean faith is limited to these, but it indicates that the acts of faith are many. In fact, the Arabs may specify a number for something without intending to negate other than that.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Ubaidullah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 241 AH
  3. 3Abd ibn HumaydWith, Fourth generation, died 249 AH
  4. 4Abd al-Malik ibn AmrTold us, Third generation, died 204 AH
  5. 5Sulayman ibn BilalTold us, Third generation, died 172 AH
  6. 6Abdullah ibn DinarFrom, Successor, died 127 AH
  7. 7Abu Salih as-SammanFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  8. 8Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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