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The Prophet ﷺ said:

الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ شُعْبَةً وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ (Sahih Muslim: 35a)
Meaning: Faith has seventy-some parts, and ḥayāʾ (modesty)1 is a part of faith.

Abu Ṣāliḥ alone transmitted this Hadith from the Companion Abu Hurayrah. Abu Ṣāliḥ is a Successor, so here there is one narrator in the Successors' generation.

1. Ḥayāʾ (حیا): a sense of modesty that encourages good and restrains a person from wrongdoing.

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The Hadith about faith and modesty

Gharīb Muṭlaq and Gharīb Nisbī

The Prophet ﷺ said:

الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ شُعْبَةً وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ (Sahih Muslim: 35a)
Meaning: Faith has seventy-some parts, and ḥayāʾ (modesty)1 is a part of faith.

Abu Ṣāliḥ alone transmitted this Hadith from the Companion Abu Hurayrah. Abu Ṣāliḥ is a Successor, so here there is one narrator in the Successors' generation.

1. Ḥayāʾ (حیا): a sense of modesty that encourages good and restrains a person from wrongdoing.