(Haya'). The moral character of Islam is modesty. Al haya' extends from the concealment of the human body under the modest covering of dignified apparel, through to the ultimate concealment of the inner reality under the ultimate of modest coverings which is slavehood. 'If the reality of the Sufi was to be unveiled he would be worshipped'. Al haya' is the slave's shame before Allah, knowing that Allah sees him, inwardly and outwardly, always. Constant awareness of this shame is one of the means by which the slave can hold tightly to the reins of slavehood.