The meaning of having modesty before Allah Almighty

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said to the Companions  رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُم , “Show modesty before Allah Almighty in the manner it is due.” Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states: “We said, ‘We have modesty before Allah Almighty, and all praise belongs to Allah Almighty.’”

The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained:

“Not this. Rather, showing modesty before Allah Almighty in the manner it is due means to protect the head and all the parts it contains, and the stomach and all the parts it encompasses, and to remember death and the decomposition after it. The one who desires the hereafter abandons the beauty of the world. Whoever does this has fulfilled the right of having modesty before Allah Almighty.”^[1]

If we spend our entire lives using our hands and feet to engage in sins, habitually use our tongue in immoral speech, making unlawful glances with our eyes, then remember that these very limbs will testify against us on the Day of Judgement. It is stated in part 18 of the Holy Quran, verse 24 of Surah al-Noor:

یَّوۡمَ  تَشۡہَدُ عَلَیۡہِمۡ اَلۡسِنَتُہُمۡ وَ اَیۡدِیۡہِمۡ  وَ  اَرۡجُلُہُمۡ  بِمَا  کَانُوۡا یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ  )۲۴(

“On the day when their tongues, and their hands and their feet will testify against them regarding what they used to do.”^[2]

Dear Islamic brothers, we should fear using our limbs to commit shameless acts and to disobey our Lord without hesitation, lest these very limbs become witnesses against us on the Day of Judgement and cause us to enter Hell. Therefore, sincerely repent from your sins today,