Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

رُوِيَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "اَلنَّظْرَةُ سَهْمٌ مِنْ سِهَامِ إِبْلِيسَ مَسْمُومٌ مَنْ تَرَكَهَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لاَ لِغَيْرِهِ أَعْقَبَهُ اَللَّهُ إِيمَاناً يَجِدُ طَعْمَهُ".

It is narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Uqbah who said that Abu Abdullah (a.s) said: "A glance (at what is forbidden) is a poisoned arrow from the arrows of Iblis. Whoever abandons it for the sake of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, not for any other reason, Allah (swt) will grant him faith whose sweetness he will find in his heart."

وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ اَلْكَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "اَلنَّظْرَةُ بَعْدَ اَلنَّظْرَةِ تَزْرَعُ فِي اَلْقَلْبِ اَلشَّهْوَةَ وَ كَفَى بِهَا لِصَاحِبِهَا فِتْنَةً".

It is narrated by Ibn Abi Umair from Al-Kahili who said that Abu Abdullah (a.s) said: "A second glance after the first plants desire in the heart, and that is sufficient as a trial for its beholder."

وَ رَوَى اَلْأَصْبَغُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: "يَا عَلِيُّ لَكَ أَوَّلُ نَظْرَةٍ وَ اَلثَّانِيَةُ عَلَيْكَ وَ لاَ لَكَ".

It is narrated by Al-Asbagh bin Nubata from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) who said that the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "O' Ali (a.s), the first glance is for you, but the second is against you and not in your favor."

وَ قَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ لِلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: اَلرَّجُلُ تَمُرُّ بِهِ اَلْمَرْأَةُ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى خَلْفِهَا قَالَ "أَ يَسُرُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يُنْظَرَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَ ذَاتِ قَرَابَتِهِ" قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ "فَارْضَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا تَرْضَاهُ لِنَفْسِكَ".

Abu Basir asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) about a man who looks at a woman passing by and then turns to look at her from behind. Imam (a.s) replied: "Would any of you like someone to look at his family or close female relatives?" I said: "No." Imam (a.s) said: "Then be pleased for others what you are pleased with for yourself."

وَ رَوَى هِشَامٌ وَ حَفْصٌ وَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "مَا يَأْمَنُ اَلَّذِينَ يَنْظُرُونَ فِي أَدْبَارِ اَلنِّسَاءِ أَنْ يُبْتَلَوْا بِذَلِكَ فِي نِسَائِهِمْ".

Hisham, Hafs, and Hammad ibn Uthman narrated from Abu Abdullah (Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s)) that Imam (a.s) said: "Those who look at women from behind, are they not afraid that the same may happen to their own women?"

وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يٰا أَبَتِ اِسْتَأْجِرْهُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اِسْتَأْجَرْتَ اَلْقَوِيُّ اَلْأَمِينُ قَالَ "قَالَ لَهَا شُعَيْبٌ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَا بُنَيَّةِ هَذَا قَوِيٌّ قَدْ عَرَفْتِهِ بِرَفْعِ اَلصَّخْرَةِ اَلْأَمِينُ مِنْ أَيْنَ عَرَفْتِهِ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي مَشَيْتُ قُدَّامَهُ فَقَالَ اِمْشِي مِنْ خَلْفِي فَإِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَأَرْشِدِينِي إِلَى اَلطَّرِيقِ فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ لاَ نَنْظُرُ فِي أَدْبَارِ اَلنِّسَاءِ".

Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Abu Al-Hasan (a.s) regarding the saying of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic: "O' my father, hire him! Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and trustworthy" (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:26). Imam (a.s) said: "Shu'ayb (a.s) said to his daughter, My daughter, he is strong as you recognized by his lifting of the rock, but how did you know he is trustworthy?' She replied: O' my father, I was walking ahead of him, and he said to me, Walk behind me, and if I go astray, guide me to the path, for we are a people who do not look at the backs of women.'"

وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: "يَا أَيُّهَا اَلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَا اَلنَّظْرَةُ مِنَ اَلشَّيْطَانِ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ".

The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "O' people, indeed the (lustful) glance is from Satan. So whoever experiences something from that, let him go to his family."

وَ رَوَى اَلْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْجَوْهَرِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَعْتَرِضُ اَلْأَمَةَ لِيَشْتَرِيَهَا قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَحَاسِنِهَا وَ يَمَسَّهَا مَا لَمْ يَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَا لاَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ اَلنَّظَرُ إِلَيْهِ".

Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad Al-Jawhari narrated from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah from Abu Basir, who said: "I asked Abu Abdullah (a.s) about a man who examines a slave woman to purchase her. Imam (a.s) said: 'There is no harm in looking at her attractive features and touching her, as long as he does not look at what is not appropriate for him to see.'"