Treating the Trial of Looking at Non-Mahram Women

Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, I am a man who has been afflicted with looking at non-mahram women. I hope you will guide me, and I ask that you pray for me that Allah will turn that away from me, both here and now, and in my absence. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
We ask Allah for guidance for us and for you, and we ask Allah to grant you the lowering of your gaze from what Allah has forbidden. We ask Allah to grant you and every Muslim the lowering of the gaze from the prohibitions of Allah. We advise you to fear Allah and be cautious. Strive against your self, seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, ask your Lord for success, and lower your gaze. His Lord, Exalted and Majestic is He, said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when asked about the gaze of the wicked, said: Avert it, avert it. One may forget that a woman is facing him at a door or on a road, so let him direct his gaze and lower it. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,