Looking at women on television or elsewhere, and likewise women looking at preachers: is there anything wrong with this?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Looking at women on television or elsewhere, and likewise women looking at preachers. He says: Is there anything wrong with this?
Answer:
Looking with desire is forbidden, but looking out of necessity, without desire, is permissible. That is, a woman may look at a man out of necessity; there is nothing wrong with that, without adornment. As for the man, he does not look at the uncovered woman, because this involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) on television and elsewhere. Especially since the woman who appears on television is often in a state of tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment). They choose the most beautiful girls available to present on the screen and on television in order to tempt people. Satan incites them to this, so you do not look at her.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Looking at women on television or elsewhere, and likewise women looking at preachers. He says: Is there anything wrong with this?
Answer:
Looking with desire is forbidden, but looking out of necessity, without desire, is permissible. That is, a woman may look at a man out of necessity; there is nothing wrong with that, without adornment. As for the man, he does not look at the uncovered woman, because this involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) on television and elsewhere. Especially since the woman who appears on television is often in a state of tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment). They choose the most beautiful girls available to present on the screen and on television in order to tempt people. Satan incites them to this, so you do not look at her.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [319 -939] النظر إلى النساء في التلفاز أو في غيره، وكذلك نظر النساء إلى الدعاة، هل هذا فيه شيء؟ — youtube.com
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