[The need for the] safeguarding of [one’s] eyes is much greater than [the need for the] safeguarding of [one’s] tongue.
Tag: gaze
‘So I turn my gaze away from her’
I see a woman in a dream, and know she is not permissible for me, so I turn my gaze away from her.
Looking at immodestly dressed women whilst fasting
Does going out during the day in Ramadhaan to attend to one’s needs and then being struck by the immodestly dressed women [who uncover those parts of the body which are prohibited to uncover] invalidate the fast or not?
Close your eyes
If a woman passes [before] you, then close your eyes until she has passed by.
Such a look will cause desire in the heart
Do not allow your eyes to look at a woman’s garment, for indeed such a look will cause desire in the heart.
Lower our gazes
‘Indeed, the first thing we shall start with on this day of ours is to lower our gazes.’
How many beautiful women did you look at today?
‘Woe be to you! I did not look at anything other than my two thumbs from the moment I left [home], until I returned back [home] to you.’