Advice for one who is afflicted with looking at what is forbidden and does so repeatedly

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What do you advise one who is afflicted with looking at what is forbidden? He repents after every time he disobeys Allah and resolves not to return to it, but he does return. What is your advice for him?

Answer:
We advise him with two things. First, that he does not abandon repentance. He should repent to Allah, even if the sin is repeated; he should repent and not despair of Allah’s mercy. The second thing is that he should lower his gaze, acting in accordance with His saying, “Say,” and His saying, the Exalted: . A third matter is that he should avoid the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). He should not go to places where there is exposure and women who are uncovered and seductive. He should avoid places of fitnah, not go to them, and not mix with women. If he is in a job that involves mixing, he should distance himself from that job and request a transfer to another job far from fitnah. He should take the means that lead to the outcome.