HAYA

The Prophet (pbuh) said:

“Every religion has an innate character.

The character of Islam is Haya”(Abu Dawud)

MODESTY

شرم و حیا

Our understanding of “modest”

meek

Shy bashful

timid

Under confidentawkward

Timid as a mouse

Mousy

Camera Shy

Silly Shy

Bashful

Coy Princesses

Filmi Shy

Shy Brides

HAYA is not as simple as it seems

Concept of HAYA in Islam

Narrated by Abu Huraira (ra): The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Faith (Belief) consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). And Haya is a part of faith."

(Bukhari)

The Prophet (PBUH) said:

“Haya and Imaan are two companions that go together. If one of them is lifted, the other is also lifted”

(Haakim).

Concept of HAYA in Islam

میرحان رحمتحیا life

modesty حیا

HayaOur Seat Belt

“From the words of the previous prophets that people still find are: ‘If you feel no Haya, then do as you wish’”

(Bukhari).

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT

“MODESTY”

Modest = stupid & dumb

Shy, mousy - BORING

Clark Kent SUPERMAN

WOW !!!

MODESTY is for …

Modesty = Dressing “conservative”

HAYA

Modesty is a disease!

Shyness: How Normal Behaviour became a sickness

By Christopher Lane

(Yale University Press,

Paperback,

9780300143171, 272pp.)

Publication Date: November 2008

Christopher Lane unearths the disturbing truth: with little scientific justification and sometimes hilariously improbable rationales, hundreds of conditions —among them shyness — are now defined as psychiatric disorders and considered treatable with drugs.

Narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (ra), the Prophet (pbuh) said:

When lewdness is a part of anything, it becomes defective; and when haya is a part of anything it becomes beautiful. (Tirmidhi)