Is a lack of modesty a sin, and is all modesty praiseworthy?
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The questioner : Life, your existence in all things, a little life, is this a sin or a lack?
The Shaykh : This is a slip of the tongue. I love the word. Modesty is a branch of faith. If there is intimacy between these two, and it is a lack of modesty, that is a virtue, because Allah does not shy away from the truth. The woman is now asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: O Messenger of Allah, is there any obligation on a woman if she has a wet dream? He is shy of this, meaning the man says it and asks about it, and she is a woman asking about this. But since Allah does not shy away from the truth, modesty in the place of modesty is praised.
And modesty in a place where modesty is not praised is considered cowardice and weakness. If one of the students, for example, said, "By Allah, I am shy to ask, I am afraid to ask a question," saying, "What is this?" asking about this while he is in a profession clearer than this, saying, "This is not correct," or asking, for example, posing a general question. He said, "Who knows?" A student knows, but he says, "I am shy, I am afraid my answer will be wrong." This is not praiseworthy, neither the first nor the second.
The questioner : That modesty is a branch of the branches of faith. In the phrase, it is directed to the fact that there is no modesty in the religion, or no modesty from the religion. This is correct.
The Shaykh : Its meaning is correct; the meaning is correct, like “Allah does not shy away from the truth.”
The Shaykh : This is a slip of the tongue. I love the word. Modesty is a branch of faith. If there is intimacy between these two, and it is a lack of modesty, that is a virtue, because Allah does not shy away from the truth. The woman is now asking the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: O Messenger of Allah, is there any obligation on a woman if she has a wet dream? He is shy of this, meaning the man says it and asks about it, and she is a woman asking about this. But since Allah does not shy away from the truth, modesty in the place of modesty is praised.
And modesty in a place where modesty is not praised is considered cowardice and weakness. If one of the students, for example, said, "By Allah, I am shy to ask, I am afraid to ask a question," saying, "What is this?" asking about this while he is in a profession clearer than this, saying, "This is not correct," or asking, for example, posing a general question. He said, "Who knows?" A student knows, but he says, "I am shy, I am afraid my answer will be wrong." This is not praiseworthy, neither the first nor the second.
The questioner : That modesty is a branch of the branches of faith. In the phrase, it is directed to the fact that there is no modesty in the religion, or no modesty from the religion. This is correct.
The Shaykh : Its meaning is correct; the meaning is correct, like “Allah does not shy away from the truth.”
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1951 - 4600 هل قلة الحياء ذنب وهل كل حياء محمود؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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