The Way to Escape the Fitnah of Women
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I pray and fast, I do good, and I avoid what is wrong, but I am never able to escape one fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and that is the fitnah of women. So what is the way to…
Answer:
You can escape it, my brother, but you are weak and unable to do so. Stay away from gatherings of women, from women’s markets, and from mixing with women. Stay away from them, and you will be safe from this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I pray and fast, I do good, and I avoid what is wrong, but I am never able to escape one fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and that is the fitnah of women. So what is the way to…
Answer:
You can escape it, my brother, but you are weak and unable to do so. Stay away from gatherings of women, from women’s markets, and from mixing with women. Stay away from them, and you will be safe from this. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فإذا عرف أن كل حركة فأصلها الحب والإرادة ... — islamhouse.com (55:56)
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