On the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Say to the believing men to lower their gazes.”
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The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah preserve you: The saying of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nur 24:30] [An-Nur 24:31] That is purer for them
The Shaykh : No, it is not “That is purer for them”[An-Nur 24:31].
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, is this verse specific to looking at non-mahram women, or does it include all other matters, such as looking at television or pictures, or at some newspapers that contain pictures to see the news of Muslims in the world? May Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh : The verse, without doubt, originally refers to looking at women, men looking at women and women looking at men; that is the original meaning. As for what is shown on television, if a person looks at it with a look of enjoyment and desire, there is no doubt in its prohibition. However, if he looks at it in an ordinary way, there is something troubling about it, and it is better to avoid it. So, if for example a female presenter appears on television, let him turn off the television, because he fears that if he looks at her, he may be tempted by her. Yes.
And with this, this meeting has ended. I apologize to the brothers who came last week and I was not present, because I forgot to inform them the previous week that I would not be present. And we ask Allah for forgiveness and success for us and for them in what is good and righteous.
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them
قل للمؤمنين يغضوا من أبصارهم ويحفظوا فروجهم ذلك أزكى لهمAnd tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts
وقل للؤمنات يغضضن من أبصارهن ويحفظن فروجهنThe Shaykh : No, it is not “That is purer for them”
And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
ويحفظن فروجهن ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا لبعولتهنThe questioner : May Allah preserve you, is this verse specific to looking at non-mahram women, or does it include all other matters, such as looking at television or pictures, or at some newspapers that contain pictures to see the news of Muslims in the world? May Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh : The verse, without doubt, originally refers to looking at women, men looking at women and women looking at men; that is the original meaning. As for what is shown on television, if a person looks at it with a look of enjoyment and desire, there is no doubt in its prohibition. However, if he looks at it in an ordinary way, there is something troubling about it, and it is better to avoid it. So, if for example a female presenter appears on television, let him turn off the television, because he fears that if he looks at her, he may be tempted by her. Yes.
And with this, this meeting has ended. I apologize to the brothers who came last week and I was not present, because I forgot to inform them the previous week that I would not be present. And we ask Allah for forgiveness and success for us and for them in what is good and righteous.