Is it better to remain in Makkah and worship there, or to leave it to escape the trial of women?
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Question:
He asks: Is it better to remain in Makkah, pray in the Haram, and worship there, or to leave it to escape the trial of women?
Answer:
Remaining in the Haram and worshipping there carries a great reward. As for the trial of women, praise be to Allah, you have the ability to lower your gaze. You lower your gaze and avoid free mixing of men and women and crowds, except for what you cannot avoid. You are not held accountable for what you cannot avoid; you are not blamed for it. However, if you deliberately seek out crowds and deliberately look at women, then this is transgression in the Haram.
He asks: Is it better to remain in Makkah, pray in the Haram, and worship there, or to leave it to escape the trial of women?
Answer:
Remaining in the Haram and worshipping there carries a great reward. As for the trial of women, praise be to Allah, you have the ability to lower your gaze. You lower your gaze and avoid free mixing of men and women and crowds, except for what you cannot avoid. You are not held accountable for what you cannot avoid; you are not blamed for it. However, if you deliberately seek out crowds and deliberately look at women, then this is transgression in the Haram.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الأفضل البقاء في مكة والتعبد فيها أم الخروج منها فراراً من فتنة النساء؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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