Protect Your Gaze

ꜤAllāmah ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Jawzī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ relates:

Looking at the attractive features (i.e., beauty and charm) of a woman is a poison-laced arrow from the arrows of Iblīs. Whoever does not protect his eyes from a non-maḥram, a rod of fire will be applied to his eyes on the Day of Judgement.^{^[1]}

Reflect on this! Our hands tremble even when applying kohl (surmah). If the kohl applicator lightly touches the eye or if the kohl is slightly strong, we cry out in discomfort. When a simple kohl applicator can cause us such distress, what will become of us if Allah becomes displeased due to our sinful glances, and a rod of fire is applied to our eyes? Regrettably, today some ignorant people have become so accustomed to unlawful glances that, مَعَاذَ اللہ ثُمَّ مَعَاذَ اللہ, they find no peace until they have stared at non-maḥram women.

To fulfil this evil urge, they wander through markets, shopping malls, and recreational areas—in short, wherever there are gatherings of unveiled women—indulging in sinful glances and thereby preparing their own ruin in this world and the Hereafter. Let us ask ourselves: have we forgotten death? Have we received a certificate of forgiveness? Have we forgotten the punishments that befell the previous nations? Do we not take heed from the funerals we witness daily? Do we not learn a lesson from the patients groaning in pain on their beds? Have we forgotten the narrow, dark grave? Will we be able to answer the questions of Munkar and Nakīr? Will there be no reckoning for us on the Day of Judgement?

[1] Baḥr al-DumūꜤ, p. 171

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