unlawful gazes and destroy their worldly life and the Hereafter. Remember! To look at a woman with a dirty gaze is not the act of a human, but of Satan. Let’s listen to three blessed sayings of Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم regarding the condemnation of unlawful gazes:

1.         ‘اَلْمَرْاَةُ عَوْرَةٌ فَاِذَا خَرَجَتْ اِسْتَشْرَفَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ’ A woman is an ‘Awrat’ (i.e. something to be concealed). When she goes out, the devil stares at her’.

(Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 2, pp. 392, Hadees 1176)

2.         ‘زِنَا الْعَيْنِ النَّظَرُ’ Fornication of the eyes is to see.

(Abu Dawood, vol. 2, pp. 385, Hadees 2152)

3.         The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: The gaze is one of the poison-tipped arrows of the devil; if someone avoids it whilst fearing Me, then I will grant him such faith (Iman) that he shall feel its sweetness in his heart. (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabeer li-Tabarani, vol. 10, pp. 173, Hadees 10362)

Hujjat-ul-Islam Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Ghazali عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has stated in his book ‘Minhaj-ul-‘Aabideen’: Sayyiduna ‘Isa Ruhullah عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام has narrated, ‘Protect yourself from unlawful gazes, because it sows the seed of lust in the heart, then the lust makes the person, who gazes unlawfully, suffer from Fitnah [mischief].’(Minhaj-ul-‘Aabideen, pp. 62)  

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you observed! Unlawful gazes has been strongly condemned in blessed Ahadees. Therefore, we should repent of this bad habit and try to give it up. Otherwise remember! Unlawful gazes destroys a person. Due to this, a person not only displeases Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, but his heart and mind are also controlled by Satan all the time. He is overpowered by strange restlessness and Nafsani (internal) desires and thoughts. The person further starts committing deadly sins in order to satisfy his Nafs. Let’s listen to further parables of modesty and protecting our gaze:

It has been narrated: Sayyiduna Aswad Bin Kulsoom رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was a very modest and pious young man. When walking, his gaze used to be lowered in a way that even he would not know the person who used to pass by him. At