صَلُّوۡ اعَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                   صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Importance of gaze

Unfortunately as a person is fearless in speaking, he is also fearless in looking at others. He does not even realise that this is such type of activity which could be a means of reward or torment for him, for example: If someone looks at his mother with affection, he receives a reward equal to an accepted Hajj, and if he looks at non-mahram with lust, he becomes deserving of the torment of Hell because looking at non-mahram woman is not a human act, rather it is an act of Satan.

Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Ma’sood رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: اَلْمَرْاَةُ عَوْرَةٌ فَاِذَا خَرَجَتْ اِسْتَشْرَفَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ ‘A woman is an ‘Awrat’ (i.e., something to be concealed). When she comes out, Satan peeps at her’. (Sunan-u-Tirmizi, vol. 2, pp. 392, Hadees 1176)

Hujjat-ul-Islam Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: ‘Whoever doesn’t have an ability to close his eyes, cannot protect his private parts.’ (Ihya ‘Uloom-u-Deen, vol. 3, pp. 125)

دیدے ’’قفلِ مدینہ‘‘ آنکھوں کا                     واسطہ چار یار کا یاربّ

One can judge the importance of the protecting one’s gaze from this that the Glorious Quran clearly says: