Hayat Aldunya-
I thought about the word hayat al dunya (wordly life) this and how the word 'Hayat-life" comes from "Haya".
I google the term to see if my idea made sense..and I came acorss the following blog in which the author states,
Haya’ comes from hayat (life). It is that which keeps you ethically and spiritually alive. Just like a body gets its value from being alive, the spirit, soul, character and person gets their value from having haya’. Haya’ covers a large number of concepts which are to be taken together: amongst them are self respect, modesty, bashfulness, and scruple, etc. Words that encompass aspects of haya’: shame, humility, self-respect, honor, bashfulness, shyness
The reality of haya’ is that it is that trait which motivates you to do what is good. That same trait discourages you from doing anything shameful. It is the one quality that make Muslims stand out.
I never really understood the hadith: Haya is a part of faith
The more I learn about this term haya, the more I understand the improtance of it and how it is not just a matter of acting "modest" in front of the opposite gender...this word encompasses much more then that..
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