HAYAA:
shyness....selfrespect....bashfulness....shame....honor....humility....constraint...coyness....decency....delicacy....demureness....diffidence....discreetness.... humbleness....inhibition....innocence...purity....quietness....reserve... simplicity....timidity....virtuous.
Women usually have more hayaa by nature, and what I mean here by hayaa is the same as the definition of the ‘ulama’: the noble attitude that always motivates a person to keep away from what is abhorrent or shameful. The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was the highest example of hayaa, as the great Sahabi Abu Sa’id al-Khudri described him:
“Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was more shy than the virgin hiding away in her own room. If he saw something (vulgar/rash) he disliked, we would know it only from his facial expression.” 33
The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) praised the attitude of hayaa in a number of ahadith, and explained that it is a fundamental part of Iman.
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