Thursday, July 12, 2007

the unrestrained glance...

"The unrestrained glance is one of the poisoned arrows of Shaytan"

Therefore, a secret lustful look at a person of opposite gender has
been compared by the Prophet to an arrow from Shaytan that:

• It poisons our hearts (what exactly do you gain out if it apart
from the momentary thrill of having sinned? Is there anything worse
than enjoying what Allah hates?)

• It ruins our intentions (am I doing it for Allah or to check out
the crowd?)

• It gives rise to false hopes and desires ("I wish I
could...", "Maybe she'll...", "I think he does..." when you know you
can't, she won't, and he doesn't!)

• It distorts our perception of 'reality' (love is not 'at first
sight' but lust is, a wife is not picked up off streets, real men
don't have to flirt to be noticed, and there is nothing 'casual'
about sex)

• It deprives us from enjoying and concentrating in Prayers (it's
very hard to remember Allah while replaying last night's activities
in one's head)

• It gives rise to constant feeling of guilt and depression (have you
ever actually felt better about yourself after you did it than
before?)

• It sometimes leads to sleepless nights (when fantasies seem
so 'real'...)

• It renders our heart weak for continuous Shaytanic attacks (through
addictions to music, fashion, self-image, explicit sights and sounds,
etc)

• It promotes hypocrisy (does the 'shell' match the 'core'?)

• It eventually leads to Zina (unlawful intimacy: the darkness that
draws one deeper and deeper until one is incapable of escaping even
if willing, except he/she who Allah guides)

• Above all, it diminishes our love for and fear of Allah (you
wouldn't be doing it if you thought about how Great and Loving the
One you are turning away from, instead if how 'small' or 'innocent'
your sin)

Allah commands us: "Say to the believing men that they should lower
their gaze and guard their private parts; that will make for greater
purity for them..." [24:30]. In the verse following this one, Allah
commands "the believing women" in the similar manner.

Rasulullah S.A.W. said, "A women who reveals her body or even wears
tight fitting clothes won't come within 500 years of the smell of
Jannah."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said that the following type of women
constitute one of the categories of the dwellers of Hell: "Those
women who seem naked even when dressed and those who walk flirtingly
and those who plait their heads like the humps of camels, thus
inviting people's attention, will not enter Paradise nor will they
smell its fragrance even though its fragrance can be smelt from a
very long distance." (Muslim).

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