Advice for one who has become addicted to looking at what is forbidden
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I was on the right path and steadfast, but now I am looking at what is forbidden, and I have become addicted to it. I repent and repent and weep, but I return to it. What is your advice to me?
Answer:
Stay away from the places that contain fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that expose you to forbidden looking. Stay away from them; do not go to them. Women’s markets, gatherings of women, and things that contain fitnah—stay away from them.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I was on the right path and steadfast, but now I am looking at what is forbidden, and I have become addicted to it. I repent and repent and weep, but I return to it. What is your advice to me?
Answer:
Stay away from the places that contain fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that expose you to forbidden looking. Stay away from them; do not go to them. Women’s markets, gatherings of women, and things that contain fitnah—stay away from them.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الفصل الأول في النية في الطهارة والصلاة — islamhouse.com (1:15:53)
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