Modesty Of Our Pious Predecessors

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Dear Islamic brothers, women wandering the marketplaces and places of entertainment whilst being uncovered is a cause of immodesty being spread. It is also resulting in unlawful gazing becoming widespread among men. Our young men are becoming habitual of gazing lewdly, and in pursuit of this indecent goal of theirs, they roam the streets, marketplaces, shopping centres, places of entertainment, schools, colleges, and other places where improperly covered women gather; there, they gaze at them, resulting in them damaging their hereafter. Remember, making unlawful glances is not the work of humans, but of Satan.

Let us listen to three sayings of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم regarding unlawful gazing:

1. اَلْمَرْاَةُ عَوْرَةٌ فَاِذَا خَرَجَتْ اِسْتَشْرَفَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ: “A woman is something to be hidden, so when she comes out, Satan gazes at her closely.”^{^[1]}

2. زِنَا الْعَيْنِ النَّظَرُ: “The adultery of the eyes is to look.”^{^[2]}

3. “The gaze is an arrow of Satan dipped in poison. So, the one who leaves it for My sake, I will grant him such faith, the sweetness of which he will feel in his heart.”^{^[3]}

Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه mentions in Minhaj al-Abidin, “It is narrated from Sayyiduna Isa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام , ‘Save yourself from unlawful glances, for it sows the seed of lust in the heart, then lust causes the one who gazes unlawfully to fall into trials.’”^{^[4]}

Dear Islamic brothers, we heard how unlawful glancing has been condemned in Hadith. Therefore, the one who is involved in this evil habit should repent and try to stay away from it. Otherwise, it will cause

[1] Jāmi’ al-Tirmidhi, vol. 2, p. 392, Hadith 1,176

[2] Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 2, p. 358, Hadith 2,152

[3] al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr, vol. 10, p. 173, Hadith 10,362

[4] Minhāj al-‘Ābidīn, p. 62

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