The reason for the prohibition of looking at women and desire
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, you mentioned that the default ruling regarding looking at women is prohibition, but I have heard some of the students of knowledge say that the prohibition is due to desire, so if a man is satisfied without desire, there is no harm, as you have seen, Honorable Shaykh.
Answer:
Allah the Exalted says:[An-Nur 24:30] and He did not say that they should lower their gazes only if there is desire in them, but rather the Exalted made the command absolute. The proof is in the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger, not in the speech of people. Yes, and no one is free from desire in the general case. No one is free from desire in the general case. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, you mentioned that the default ruling regarding looking at women is prohibition, but I have heard some of the students of knowledge say that the prohibition is due to desire, so if a man is satisfied without desire, there is no harm, as you have seen, Honorable Shaykh.
Answer:
Allah the Exalted says:
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision
قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 46 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الفرائض|باب الولاء|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:59)
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