{"id":16933,"date":"2018-04-09T06:13:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T06:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/new\/?p=16933"},"modified":"2018-04-09T06:13:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T06:13:16","slug":"protecting-the-gaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/?p=16933","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the Gaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Summary of Letter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>Bismihi Ta&#8217;ala<\/em><\/div>\n<p class=\"content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Respected Mufti Saheb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am entrapped in the disease of casting lustful glances at women. Kindly give me some advice to remedy this situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Summary of Reply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>Bismihi Ta&#8217;ala<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Respected Brother \/ Sister<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa\u00a0Barakaatuh<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the glance falls unintentionally, no sin has been incurred. However, to\u00a0 continue looking and derive pleasure from that glance is an illness which requires treatment. The treatment is to immediately close the shutters that Allah Ta\u2019ala has created above and below the eyes. Furthermore, sit in solitude, close your eyes and meditate: \u201cIf my Ustaad or Sheikh was present will I cast any lustful glance? Never! How then can I cast lustful glances in the presence of Allah Ta\u2019ala &#8211; that Being who knows the deception of the eyes and what the hearts conceal.\u201d Also keep in mind the warning that has been mentioned in the Hadith for casting lustful glances. It is reported that molten lead will be poured into the eyes of such people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">One pious person states: \u201cWhile making tawaaf of the Haram Shareef, I saw a person who had only one eye. He was continuously making the following dua: \u201cO Allah I seek refuge in You from Yourself.\u201d I asked him the reason for this strange dua. He replied: \u201cFor the past twelve years I had been in I\u2019tikaaf in the Haram Shareef. One day my glance fell upon a woman who was making tawaaf. I became enchanted by her beauty and looked at her again. From the unseen a hand appeared and slapped me in such a manner that my one eye fell off. When I screamed in pain, a voice said to me: \u201cThis is the retribution for one glance. If you had continued further, we too would have taken further action.\u201d Hence from that day I continuously make this dua: \u201cO Allah, I seek refuge in You from Yourself.\u201d (Tarbiyatut Taalibeen &#8211; pg.218)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maktoobaat-correspondence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16934,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16933\/revisions\/16934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}