Issue: If someone looks into your house through the gap in the door, is he like a thief?
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The Shaykh : All right, there is an issue: if someone looks into your house through the gap in the door, is he like a thief?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Huh? No, he is not like a thief.
The questioner : Transitive.
The Shaykh : Rather, his eye should be gouged out without resistance. That is, if someone is peering at you through the door, yes, you see he has his eye there, and you are on the other side of the door, there is no need to resist him. You say, "O so-and-so, fear Allah and do not look at the private parts of the Muslims." If you say this, he will leave and go away, but... yes, and take a spear with you and gouge out his eye with it, correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is how the hadith came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) says this is not in the category of repelling a thief, but in the category of punishing the transgressor. However, if the door is open, and a man opens his door and comes and stands at this open door and starts looking around the house, is it permissible to gouge out his eye?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, because the one who neglected the sanctity of his house is the owner of the house. But if the door is closed, then this man has preserved the sanctity of his person.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Huh? No, he is not like a thief.
The questioner : Transitive.
The Shaykh : Rather, his eye should be gouged out without resistance. That is, if someone is peering at you through the door, yes, you see he has his eye there, and you are on the other side of the door, there is no need to resist him. You say, "O so-and-so, fear Allah and do not look at the private parts of the Muslims." If you say this, he will leave and go away, but... yes, and take a spear with you and gouge out his eye with it, correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is how the hadith came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) says this is not in the category of repelling a thief, but in the category of punishing the transgressor. However, if the door is open, and a man opens his door and comes and stands at this open door and starts looking around the house, is it permissible to gouge out his eye?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, because the one who neglected the sanctity of his house is the owner of the house. But if the door is closed, then this man has preserved the sanctity of his person.