Between Prayers / Chapter 05
The Gaze and the Feed
You are not answerable for what reaches your eyes. You are answerable for the return.
What this chapter turns on
- "Written upon the son of Adam is his share of zinā, which he will inevitably reach: the zinā of the eyes is the gaze, the zinā of …Narrated from Abū Hurayrah. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2658a (Kitāb al-Qadar); also Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (muttafaq ʿalayh).
- "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the sudden glance, and he commanded me to turn my gaze away."Narrated from Jarīr ibn ʿAbdullāh. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2159a (Kitāb al-Ādāb).
