Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 290 of 372
Prohibition of gazing at women and Beardless Handsome Boys except in Exigency
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 290 : Ahadith 1622 – 1627
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
قُل لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يَغُضُّواْ مِنۡ أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ
“Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things).”
[An-Nūr 24:30]
وَلَا تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡـُٔولٗا
“Verily, the hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those ones will be questioned (by Allah).”
[Al-Isrā’ 17:36]
يَعۡلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلۡأَعۡيُنِ وَمَا تُخۡفِي ٱلصُّدُورُ
“Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal.”
[Ghāfir 40:19]
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
“Verily, your Rubb is Ever Watchful (over them).”
[Al-Fajr 89:14]
1622 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah has written the very portion of Zina which a man will indulge in. There will be no escape from it. The Zina of the eye is the (lustful) look, the Zina of the ears is the listening (to voluptuous songs or talk), the Zina of the tongue is (the licentious) speech, the Zina of the hand is the (lustful) grip, the Zina of the feet is the walking (to the place where he intends to commit Zina), the heart yearns and desires and the private parts approve all that or disapprove it.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
This is the wording in Muslim; Al-Bukhari wording is a bit short.
1623 Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Avoid sitting on roadsides.” His Companions said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, there is no other alternative but to sit there to talk.” Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If you have to sit at all, then fulfill the rights of the road.” They asked: “What are their rights?” Thereupon he said, “Lowering the gaze (so that you may not stare at unlawful things); refraining from doing some harm to others, responding to greeting (i.e., saying `Wa`alaikumus-salam’ to one another) and commanding the good and forbidding the evil.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1624 Abu Talhah Zaid bin Sahl (radiyallahu anhu) said: We were sitting and talking on a platform in front of our house when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped by us and said, “Why do you sit on roads? Avoid sitting in them.” We replied: “We sit there intending no harm. We only sit and discuss (religious) knowledge and talk.” He said, “If you have to sit, you should fulfill the rights of the road: Lower your gaze, respond to greetings and talk in a good manner.”[Muslim].
1625 Jarir bin `Abdullah (radiyallahu anhu) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about (the Islamic ruling on) accidental glance (i.e., at a woman one is not Islamically allowed to look at) and he ordered me to turn my eyes away.[Muslim].
1626 Umm Salamah (radiyallahu anha) said: I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with Maimunah (radiyallahu anhu) when Ibn Umm Maktum (radiyallahu anhu) (who was blind) came to visit him. (This incident took place after the order of Hijab). The Prophet ﷺ told us to hide ourselves from him (i.e., observe Hijab). We said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he is blind and is unable to see us, nor does he know us.” He replied; “Are you also blind and unable to see him?”[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
1627 Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A man must not look at a man’s private parts nor must a woman look at a woman’s private parts; neither should two men lie naked under one cover, nor should two women lie naked under the same cover.”[Muslim].