Lewd Gazing - A poisonous arrow of Satan

Satan is the eternal enemy of mankind.  He employs various tricks to drag human beings down into the abyss of humiliation.  One among them is lewd gazing.  When a human being gets caught in this trap, he falls into the trap of Satan, which opens the paths to other sins for that person.  When a person controls the desire of his/her the base self (Nafs), he is honored with the sweetness of Iman.  As the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

 

Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (May Almighty Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  Gaze is one of the poisonous arrows from the arrows of.  Whoever abandons lewd gazing out of my fear, I will reward him for that with the perfection of Iman, the sweetness of which he (or she) will feel in his (or her) heart.  (Mojam Kabeer, Hadith No. 10211; Jame’ Ul Ahadith, Hadith No. 7525)

 

Whenever anyone’s gaze falls on any Unrelated (non-Mahram) and he/she turns it away, then from the court of Almighty Allah, that person is granted sweetness in worship.  As per this Hadith of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam):

 

Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Umama (May Almighty Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  Whichever Muslim unintentionally sees the beauty of an unrelated (non-Mahram) woman and immediately turns his gaze down, then Almighty Allah will grant him the guidance to perform such worship, the sweetness of which he will actually feel.  (Musnad Imam Ahmad, Musnad Abi Umamatal Bahili, Hadith No. 22938).

 

One of the reasons that the Muslims have been ordered to keep their gaze down is that they should not see any woman.  When someone ends up seeing a woman who is without Hijab, then in this situation, it becomes difficult to control one’s base desires (Nafs).  That’s why the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has ordered the removal of the root cause of all this corruption. 

 

Translation:  Surely women come in the guise of Satan and go in the guise of Satan, (i.e. men are easily misguided by women).  Hence, whenever anyone from among you sees a woman, who appeals to you, he should come to his wife because this act will remove those thoughts which cross his heart and mind.  (Musnad Imam Ahmed, Musnad Jabir, Hadith No. 14911)

 

Lewd gazing is the prime reason which creates immodesty and is a big reason for indecency.  The Lord Almighty Allah has posed restrictions on the very source of indecency. 

 

Check on lewd gazing- A way to end indecency

 

If there are restrictions posed on this prime factor of indecency in the aforementioned manner ordered by the Holy Quran and Hadith, we will succeed in wiping out indecency from the as the first phase of indecency is lewd gazing.  Then Unrelated (non-Mahram) girls and boys start talking to each other and their relation develops illicitly.  If the first rung of this chain is checked, then there will no chance of conversation nor will the situation worsen further.  That’s the reason the Beloved Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has given severe warnings on gazing at an Unrelated (non-Mahram) woman.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has said:

 

Translation: Whosoever looks at an Unrelated (non-Mahram) woman with lust, on the Day of Judgment, molten lead would be poured in his eyes.  (Hidayah, Kitab Ul Karahiyya, Vol. 4, Pg. No. 458)

 

A small speck of dust in our eyes makes us restless.  If a teeny-weeny insect goes into it, the agony is even more pronounced.  Can a helpless being like this one bear the pouring of molten lead in his (or her) eyes?  Never.

 

The status of a believer is such that he (or she) lowers his gaze and shouldn’t violate his eyes by gazing at impermissible objects, because if he gets involved in lewd gazing, his thoughts will not stay the same anymore.  Indecency and anarchic thought take root in the mind and intellect.