The Cure for the Trial of Forbidden Gazing
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Question:
He says: I am committed, praise and thanks be to Allah, but I am afflicted with the forbidden gaze. What do you advise me to do? I am aware that I am constantly plagued by the feeling that I will fall back into it. I ask for your guidance?
Answer:
You should act on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:30] He does with it. So lower your gaze in this age. Lower your gaze, for when you let your gaze run free, it is a poisoned arrow from the arrows of Satan, an arrow that strikes the heart, may Allah protect us. So you must lower your gaze from what Allah has forbidden looking at. This is one aspect.
The second aspect is to avoid places where there are signs of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), where there is exposing of the body, where there is tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment), and where there is free mixing of men and women. Avoid the places that might lead you to look. If you avoid these places, you are safe, and your gaze is safe. So stay away from these matters, and you must have taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,[At-Talaq 65:2-3]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: I am committed, praise and thanks be to Allah, but I am afflicted with the forbidden gaze. What do you advise me to do? I am aware that I am constantly plagued by the feeling that I will fall back into it. I ask for your guidance?
Answer:
You should act on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.
قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَاThe second aspect is to avoid places where there are signs of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), where there is exposing of the body, where there is tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment), and where there is free mixing of men and women. Avoid the places that might lead you to look. If you avoid these places, you are safe, and your gaze is safe. So stay away from these matters, and you must have taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (28:55)
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