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Wonderful incentives : An Inspiring extract

Lowering the Gaze

Allah Ta’ala addresses the believing men and women :

قُلْ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ يَغُضُّوْا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوْا فُرُوْجَهُمْ ط ذٰلِكَ أَزْكٰى لَهُمْ ط
إِنَّ اللّٰهَ خَبِيْرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُوْنَ

“Tell the Believing men to lower their gaze
(from looking at that which is Haraam) And to be modest
(i.e. to protect themselves from prohibited deeds like adultery and fornication).That is purer for them.
Verily Allah is Aware of what they do.”

وَقُلْ لِّلْمُؤْمِنٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوْجَهُنَّ

“And tell the Believing women to lower their gaze
(from looking at that which is forbidden)
And to be modest (i.e. to protect themselves from prohibited deeds like adultery, fornication, etc.) …”
[Surah Nur 24 : 29/ 30]
Imam Ghazali (رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ) had given a remarkable commentary in regards to this Divine Command of lowering the gaze, explaining that the words “ذٰلِكَ أَزْكٰى لَهُمْ ط ’ (…that is purer for them…) alludes to purification, since the word zakaat means purification.


In addition, lowering the gaze may also be the cause of increasing and multiplying one’s good deeds, because zakaat similarly means an increase.

Accordingly, restraining the gaze from Haraam becomes the means whereby the heart is purified and whereby the Muslim increases in righteous actions. سُبْحَانَ الله


In a Hadeeth mentioned in Mishkaat Shareef, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu 'alayhi waSallam) said : “When anyone’s eyes fall on a pretty girl and he immediately casts his gaze away from her, Allah grants him the Divine Guidance towards such worship, the ecstasy of which he feels in himself.”

In a Hadeeth-e-Qudsi, Allah Ta’ala says : “Verily evil glancing is an arrow from the poisonous arrows of shaytaan. Whosoever fears Me (Allah) and refrains from it will receive from Me such Imaan, the sweetness of which he will taste (feel) in his heart.”


Contemplating these wonderful rewards truly offers a boost to one’s courage, as well as great incentive to restrain oneself from evil gazes.


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