What is your opinion of the one who says that the original ruling on looking is permissible, even at what is forbidden, but if it leads to what is forbidden, then looking is not permissible at that time, citing His saying?
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The questioner : Some scholars say that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) says: They say the original ruling on looking is permissible, even at what is forbidden, but if it leads to what is forbidden, then looking is not permissible.
The Shaykh : These are not among the scholars; these are not among the scholars. If they were among the scholars, they would have remembered his saying (peace be upon him):, and there is something among the scholars that is truly called the principle: blocking the means to harm, blocking the means to harm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The meaning of this principle is that a path whose original ruling is permissible is feared to lead to what is forbidden, so following this path becomes forbidden, not because it is forbidden in itself, but because it leads to what is forbidden for another. Looking is not forbidden in itself, but it is feared to lead to what lies beyond it, as explained in the previous hadith, and as Shawqi of Egypt said: "A glance, then a smile, then a greeting, then a conversation, then an appointment, then a meeting." Therefore, all these means are not permissible to engage in, and the argument using the verse is incorrect.
Say, look
قُلِ انْظُرُواThe Shaykh : These are not among the scholars; these are not among the scholars. If they were among the scholars, they would have remembered his saying (peace be upon him):
The share of a son of Adam in unlawful sexual intercourse has been written for him, and he will attain it inevitably. The eye commits unlawful sexual intercourse, and its unlawful act is looking; the ear commits unlawful sexual intercourse, and its unlawful act is hearing; the hand commits unlawful sexual intercourse, and its unlawful act is seizing; the foot commits unlawful sexual intercourse, and its unlawful act is walking; and the private part confirms all of this or denies it.
كُتِبَ على ابن آدم حظُّه من الزنا ؛ فهو مُدركه لا محالة ، فالعين تزني وزناها النظر ، والأذن تزني وزناها السمع ، واليد تزني وزناها البطش ، والرجل تزني وزناها المشي ؛ والفرج يصدِّق ذلك كله أو يكذبهThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The meaning of this principle is that a path whose original ruling is permissible is feared to lead to what is forbidden, so following this path becomes forbidden, not because it is forbidden in itself, but because it leads to what is forbidden for another. Looking is not forbidden in itself, but it is feared to lead to what lies beyond it, as explained in the previous hadith, and as Shawqi of Egypt said: "A glance, then a smile, then a greeting, then a conversation, then an appointment, then a meeting." Therefore, all these means are not permissible to engage in, and the argument using the verse is incorrect.
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