The soundness of the heart and lowering the gaze in selling and teaching
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that whoever wants his heart to be sound and alive should stay away from the places where the heart is damaged. But what does the seller do when women come to him, and the teacher with the female students?
Answer:
He turns away from them; he turns away from them and does not look at them. He averts his gaze from them.[An-Nur 24:30] It did not say to close their eyes; it said to lower their gaze from them. So they do not look except at what is not a trial and is of benefit. Now, the cold is severe.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that whoever wants his heart to be sound and alive should stay away from the places where the heart is damaged. But what does the seller do when women come to him, and the teacher with the female students?
Answer:
He turns away from them; he turns away from them and does not look at them. He averts his gaze from them.
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision
قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/صلاح القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (33:48)
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