Hey! Sisters Haya doesn’t stop you from learning
What is Haya?
Abu Masud ‘Uqbah bin Amr al-Ansari al-Badri, radiyallahu anhu, reported that the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad sallallahu Alayhi walayhi wasallam, said:
“Among the things that people have found from the words of the previous prophets was: ‘If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.’”
[Al-Bukhari]
For a better understanding of the concept of Haya we first look at its definition
According to Ustad Jamaludin Zarabozo Haya should be considered as modesty, shame, bashfulness and shyness. It make person capable to permit their self from dirty things which attract to them. It is derived from the word ‘Al-Hayah.’ which means life or Hayat. If a person has no Haya so it should be considered as death person in Islam.
Following Hadith mentioned below describe this concept in a more appropriate manner
“Haya (modesty) and Iman (faith) are two that go together. If one is lifted, the other is also lifted.”
[Recorded by al-Hakim]
“Al-Haya’ is part of Iman.”
In other words
“Haya’ does not produce but goodness.”
[Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Misconceptions linked with Haya:
All the above hadith clear that Haya is a part of Iman and without Haya, no one become a good Muslims, or its Iman never be completed. Haya is one of the most beautiful things which Allah gifted to every Muslim heart. It gives peace and provides satisfaction to Muslims. It’s a most beautiful part of every Muslim’s nature which keeps away from evil. Some People mix the concept of Haya with silence and passive behavior on wrongdoings which happening around them. However, Haya is different from this, as it encourages Muslims to do good and righteous things and at the same time it saves Muslims from wrong or evil things. It makes possible for every Muslim to raise their voice when seeing bad things happening around them.
Another misconception related to Haya is not seeking knowledge or not asking questions in classes or on some sensitive issues because of shyness and modesty. But this is the wrong concept. Every Muslim has the right to ask questions on issues that they don’t understand. At the same time, the way of asking questions should be different or have some ethical values included on it.
Online Zoom Session:
Whoever will ask many questions in the Zoom session we should thank her as their question answers will be always beneficial for all of us and the reason is the sister who will have gathered the courage to ask those questions.
Do not feel ashamed to ask questions or to say I don’t understand please repeat.
It takes courage to ask questions and the rewards for doing so are significant.
Hope it is clear.
Keep Learning & growing.
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