Chapter 270: About the Forbiddance of Looking at a Non-Mahram Woman

Translation: Allah said:

Translation: " Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at non-Mahram women), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual intercourses). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do * " S: 24-30. And

Translation: " And follow not (O man!) what you have no knowledge of. Verily! Hearing, sight, and the heart, of each of those one will be questioned (by Allah) * " S: 17-36. And

Translation: " Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal * S: 40-19. And

Translation: " Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them) 55 S: 89-14.

Translation: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

Translation: 911. Narrated Ibn Abbas may Allah be pleased with them on the authority of Abu-Huraira * that the Prophet said: " Allah has written for Adam's son his share of adultery which he inevitably commits. The adultery of the eyes is sighting (gazing at the non-Mahram women), the adultery of the tongue is speech. The innerself wishes and desires and the private parts testify all this or deny it. " (Bukhari).

Translation: 912. Narrated Abu-Sa'eed Al-Khudri; ' The Prophet said: “ Avoid sitting on the roads (path ways). The people said; " There is no feasible alternative to it. We chat and discuss our affairs during it. ' The Prophet said: " As long as there ios no escape from it so, observe the rights of the way? " They asked; " What are the rights of the way? " He said: " They are lowering of your gazes (avoiding gazing at people lustfully or mockingly), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, enjoining what is just and forbidding what is unjust. ” (Bukhari).

Translation: 913. Narrated Nabhan, the freed slave of Umm Salama may Allah be pleased with her that Umm Salama informed him that the Messenger of Allah was in her house and Maymoonah may Allah be pleased with her came. While we were sitting, Ibn Umm Maktoom came. This was after the commandment of veiling women from men had been imposed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “ Veil yourselves from him. " I said; ' Is not he a blind man and he does not see us or know us, Messenger of Allah? ' The Messenger of Allah said: " Are you two blind? Do no you two see him? " (At-Termizi).

Translation: 914. Narrated Abu-Sa'eed Al-Khudri; ' The Messenger of Allah said: " Let not a man look at another man's awra and let not a woman look at another woman's awra. And let not a man's skin touch another man's skin directly in one cloth and let not a woman's skin touch another woman's skin directly in one cloth. " (At-Termizi).