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Abu Qatadah said :We were sitting with `Imran b. Hussain and Bushair b. Ka`b was also there. `Imran b. Hussain reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Modesty is good altogether, or he said: Modesty is altogether good. Bushair b. Ka`b said : We find in some books that there is a modesty which produces peace and dignified bearing, and there is a modesty which produces weakness. `Imran b. Hussain repeated the same words. So `Imran became angry so much so that his eyes became red, and he said : Don’t you see that I am transmitting a tradition from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and you are mentioning something from your books? He (Qatadah) said : We said : Abu Nujaid, it is sufficient

حدثنا سليمان بن حرب، حدثنا حماد، عن اسحاق بن سويد، عن ابي قتادة، قال كنا مع عمران بن حصين وثم بشير بن كعب فحدث عمران بن حصين، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " الحياء خير كله " . او قال " الحياء كله خير " . فقال بشير بن كعب انا نجد في بعض الكتب ان منه سكينة ووقارا ومنه ضعفا . فاعاد عمران الحديث واعاد بشير الكلام قال فغضب عمران حتى احمرت عيناه وقال الا اراني احدثك عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وتحدثني عن كتبك . قال قلنا يا ابا نجيد ايه ايه