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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on looking at people's private parts in public places

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Question:
The issue is: does looking at people's private parts in public places, such as the open road and the like, fall under the ruling for the one who is fasting?

Answer:
This is forbidden; it is not permissible to look at people's private parts. However, do not call it the ruling for the one who is fasting, because this is exposed and apparent. It is obligatory for him to cover his private parts and cover his daughters. But if it is exposed, whether it is him or the women, it is not permissible for him to look at it; doing so is forbidden and he commits a sin. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private partsلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ
[An-Nur 24:30]
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The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The glance is a poisoned arrow from the arrows of Satanالنظره سهم مسموم من سهام ابليس
Does not the person know that he is looking at what Allah has forbidden? But if what Allah has forbidden is hidden, and he comes upon it while it is hidden in his house or in his inheritance, that is the one who is fasting. As for if it is exposed and he looks at it, this is forbidden and he commits a sin. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 140 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الجنايات/قتال أهل البغي/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:12)

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