The Arrows of Satan

Satan readies himself and chooses his prey carefully. He is determined
as he shoots the arrows of looks to go through your eyes, tearing the
veils of modesty and chastity. This arouses the desires of the weak
heart, which commands the bodyto pursue the satisfaction of
suchdesires. The tongue speaks, the legs walk, and thus, unlawful acts
are committed and the soul falls into the mire of sin.
"That is purer for them"
In order to ward off this Satanic cycle, Allaah The Almighty
instructed his believing slaves, both men and women, to lower their
gaze. He told them that this would purify them. Allaah The Almighty
Says (what means): {Tellthe believing men to reduce [some] of their
vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed,
Allaah is acquainted with what they do. And tell the believing women
to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts.}
[Quran 24:30-31]
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in Al-Fawaa'id that Sahl ibn 'Abdullaah
says,"Abandoning the order is greater than committing the prohibition
in the sight of Allaah because Aadam (Adam) was forbidden to eat from
the tree and when he ate from it Allaah accepted his repentance, but
Satan was ordered to prostrate to Aadam, when he refused and Allaah
did not accept his repentance."
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in Ad-Daa'wad-Dawaa', "Look at the accuracy of the
Quranic expression in the order to lower the gaze, as if Allaah The
Almighty reminds us that not lowering the gaze causes the doom of the
doer and his suffering in this life and in the Hereafter. Failing to
lower one's gaze is the basis for the problemsthat afflict man. An
unlawful lookgenerates thoughts, then thoughts generate ideas, then
ideas generate desires, then desires generate will, which develops
into resolve and determination, then the action inevitably takes place
if there is nothing to prevent it."
This is the destructive cycle of Satan, which traps the one who does
not lower his gaze, then records the images and scenes seen by his
treacherous eyes. Satan waits for the moment of weakness in man's
faith to release these images and scenes in his mind and soul,
igniting his sexual desire, which dominates the heart that commands
the body to disobey Allaah The Almighty, and so on in a consecutive
sequence. The more the images vary, the easier arousal and falling
into sin will be. On the other hand, the less the images and scenes,
the weaker their impact and influence on the heart will be. According
to a saying, "Patience over lowering the gaze is easier than patience
over the pain of its consequences."
O Muslim who does not lower his gaze, if your eyes roam around looking
at the charms of beautiful women, you would plant in your heart thorns
of loss and regret.
"Allaah knows that which deceives the eyes"
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {He knows that which deceives
the eyes and what the breasts conceal.} [Quran 40:19] This is a great
verse and the interpreter of the Quran, Ibn Mas'ood tells you its
meaning, "It refers to a man whoenters a person's house where there is
a beautiful woman among them, or that a beautiful woman passes by
them, and while they do not notice him, he looks at her; when they see
him, he lowers his gaze. However, Allaah The Almighty knows that he
inwardly wishes to see her private parts."
The great scholar, Al-Ameen Ash-Shinqeeti said in Adhwaa' Al-Bayaan,
"The verse contains a warning for the one who betrays with his eyes by
looking at what is unlawful for him. The slave of Allaah will
standbefore Allaah and be questioned about his senses. Allaah The
Almighty Says (what means): {Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the
heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.} [Quran 17:36]
If you will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about your stares
and looks, have you prepared an answer for this?
The fornication of the eyes
To make this act more repugnantto the souls, the Prophet called it
adultery of the eyes. It was narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah
that the Prophet said: "Allaah has written for the son of Aadam his
inevitable share of adultery. The adultery of the eye is looking (at
what is prohibited), the adultery of the ears is listening (to what
isprohibited), the adultery of the tongue is uttering (what it is
unlawful to utter), the adultery ofthe hand is doing (what is
prohibited), the adultery of the legs is walking (to what is
prohibited) and the heart desires and wishes for (adultery) and the
private parts affirm that or contradict it." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim
(this is the wording of Muslim )]
In Sharh Saheeh Muslim, An-Nawawi said, "The meaning of the Hadeeth is
that a share of adultery is written for the son of Aadam. Some people
commit actual adultery by entering the male genital organ into the
genital organ of a femalewho is unlawful to him. Other people commit
adultery in the figurative sense by looking at the prohibition or
listening to adultery and its relevant affairs, or by touching with
the hand a non-Mahram (marriageable) woman or kissing her, or by
walking to commit adultery, seeing, touching, or forbidden talking
with a non-Mahram woman, or by inner thoughts. All these things belong
to metaphoric adultery. By "The private parts affirm that or
contradict it " it means that adultery might actually happen through
the private parts or might not take place by entering the male genital
organ into the female genital organ even if he is close to doing it.
Allaah knows best."
Public corruption
Giving free rein to the gaze has corrupted most human beings; the
display of beauty no longer has limits, and indulgence in luxury no
longer has restraints. Adornment, clothing and fashion have penetrated
our minds, surpassed all the restrictions and barriers, and has become
like a sea of chaos where good taste is drowned and the pure, chaste
heart is spoiled.
Destruction of homes
It is noticeable that one of the most important causes of problems in
many homes is failing to lower the gaze. When the husband releases his
gaze, a comparison will seep into his heart between his wife and the
corrupting programs made by some people to tempt others. This
comparison causes many problems in homes, when the husband asks his
wife to give himwhat he sees from dissolute women and provocative
images are imprinted in his mind.
It is also noticeable that releasingthe gaze is one of the main
reasons for the delay in marriage.That is because the young man
already has in his mind multiple examples of beautiful girls,
especially those whom he watches on television and searches hard to
get one like them. Yet, he will not get what he wants, because what he
sees on television is generally deceptive beauty and false femininity,
and thus leads him to delay his marriage and affects themarriage of
Muslim girls with him.

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