And Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ narrated: ‘زِنَا الْعَيْنَيْن النَّظَرُ’ ‘Looking’ is the fornication [i.e. adultery] of the eyes. (Abu Dawood, vol. 2, pp. 358, Hadees 2152)

Do not even look at the shawl of woman

Hujjat-ul-Islam, Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazali   رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: A man, who is not able enough to shut his eyes, cannot also protect his private parts. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 125)

Sayyiduna ‘Ala Bin Ziyad رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَالٰی عَـلَيْه has stated:

لَا  تَتَّبِعْ   بَصَرَكَ  رِدَاءَ  الْمَرْاَةِ   فَاِنَّ  النَّظَرَ     يَجْعَلُ    فِی   الْقَلْبِ   شَهْوَةً

Do not look at even the shawl of a woman because looking creates lust in the heart. (Hilyat-ul-Awliya, vol. 2, pp. 277, Raqm 2217)

Needle of fire

Sayyiduna ‘Allamah Abul Faraj ‘Abdur Rahman Bin Jawzi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَالٰی عَـلَيْه has narrated: Seeing the beauty of a woman is one of the poison-tipped arrows of Satan. One who does not protect his eyes from non-Mahram, needle of fire will be passed across his eyes on the Day of Judgement. (Bahr-ud-Dumu’, pp. 171)

Dear Islamic brothers! Ponder over it! Our hands tremble while applying kohl. If the kohl-needle touches our eye even slightly, or the kohl is stronger, we scream out of pain.

When a mere kohl-needle causes us intense pain, so what will become of us if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ becomes displeased with us and a needle of fire is passed across our eyes as punishment for unlawful gazing!

Nowadays, people have become extremely habitual of unlawful gazing.       مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَـزَّوَجَـلَّ, they miss no chance to look at non-Mahram women. In order to fulfil this filthy and dirty purpose, they wander in the marketplaces, shopping centres, parks and every such place which is crowded with women who do not observe veil. They unlawfully gaze at women, ruing their worldly life as well as the afterlife. In the book Minhaj-ul-‘Aabideen, Sayyiduna Imam