HADEETH

HADITH 7:
‫َحَياٌء‬
Haya:
Modesty
 HADITH 7
"‫ﷺ قَاَل َر ُس ْو ُل هللا‬:“ ‫اْلَح َياُء ُش ْع َبٌة ِم َن اِإْل ْيَم ِن‬
Qāla Rasūlullāhi sallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam:
"Al hayā-u shu'batun minal eemān."
The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him said:
"Modesty is a part of faith."
Haya means modesty, shame and self-respect.

It includes respecting and obeying your elders,

avoiding immoral conversations and covering our
awrah.
Many times people tell a lie, steal things or have
fights and misbehave with others.
But instead of feeling sorry and apologizing, they
tease others more.
That is a very bad habit. It damages our built-in
nature of haya and we become immoral. In order to
be modest and a person of haya, we should say sorry
if we do something bad by mistake.
The Story of A
Boy and the
Robbers
Do you know who robbers are?
A robber is a person who snatches things and money
from others forcefully.
A long time ago, there was a boy who was
learning basic Islamic education. To continue his
studies, he had to travel to another city called
Baghdad.
As there were no vehicles in old times, it was
difficult to travel from one place to another so
people traveled on horses and camels in the form of
groups called caravans.
The boy’s mother sent him to Baghdad with a
caravan.
Before leaving for the journey, the mother gave her
son some money. She sewed the money inside the
pocket of his shirt in order to hide it so that no one
would be able to see it.
She also advised him, ‘O my child, never tell a lie.
Always speak the truth, and study well there.’
As the journey was long, it took them many days to
reach the place. On their way, the caravan stayed at
a place near the forest for one night.
While they were resting, a group of robbers attacked
them. They went to all the passengers one by one, and
snatched their money from them.
One robber came to the boy and asked, ‘what do you
have with you?’
The boy answered, ‘I have 40 rupees.’
The robber laughed and said, ‘are you joking with
me?’ In old times, 40 rupees was a big amount.
Hence, the robber thought it was impossible for that
boy to carry that amount. So he went away.
Then, another robber came who also asked the boy if
he had anything valuable to give.
The boy replied that he had 40 rupees.
This robber also thought that the boy was joking so
he went away.
A third robber came and asked the same question.
Again the boy answered that he had 40 rupees. The
robber searched the boy but he could not find the
money.
He got angry and took the child to his leader. He told
him that the boy was lying about having 40 rupees
but he had no money in his pockets.
The leader of robbers threatened the boy,
‘O, little boy, do you know if you tell a lie I will give
you a strict punishment!
Tell me where is the money that you claim to have?’
Now the leader asked him to show the money.
The boy told them that his mother had stitched the
money inside his shirt. A robber came to check his
shirt and found the money.
They were shocked to see the money! The leader
said,
‘O boy why did you speak the truth when you could
have saved the money from us?’
The boy said that he could not tell a lie because his
mother advised him to speak the truth no matter
what the situation.
The robber was surprised! He told the boy that since
his mother was not with him or watching him, he
could have easily lied.
The boysaid, ‘So what if my mother was not
watching me? Allah is watching me all the time. If I
tell a lie, Allah will not be happy with me.’
After hearing this, the leader of the robbers started to
cry loudly and became unconscious. When he came
to his senses, he felt ashamed of himself! This child
was so good and pious that he obeyed his mother
even in her absence as he had haya and fear of Allah.
But the robber felt so unlucky that he had grown old
and still didn’t have any fear of Allah.
He felt guilty and cried for a long time.
After some time when he stopped crying and came
to his senses, he repented for his sins and returned
all the money to the people of the caravan.
After that, the robbers started to lead a good life.

The boy also got his education and became a pious

man and Allah’s servant.
Lesson of the
Story
Haya or modesty when a person feels
sorry for his sins and has fear of Allah all
the time
If we happen to do something wrong, we
should immediately repent to Allah.
We should feel haya from Allah that he is
watching us so that we behave well and
become good Muslims.
Activity of
the Day
Answer the questions in your
whiteboard. Write only your
answers.
Draw the illustration below and color your work.

T Y
D ES
MO

FAITH
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What does haya means?
4. The robbers asked the boy "What do you
a. Faith
have with you?" What is the boy's reply?
b. Modesty
a. I have 40 rupees.
c. honesty
b. I don't have money.
2. What is the title of the story?
c. I have 10 rupees only.
a. The Boy and his mother
5. How did the story ends?
b. The Good Robbers
d. The robbers stayed as robbers
c. The Boy and the Robbers
e. The robbers changed and lead a
3. What did his mother said before he
good life.
left to Baghdad?
f. The boy joined the robbers
a. Always speak the truth
b. Don't talk to strangers
c. Be kind
 Shukran!
Do you have any questions for me before we go?