The Words of Wisdom and Purification

by Rashid Ahmad Chaudhry

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The Words of Wisdom and Purification — Page 116

116. RESTRAIN YOUR LOOKS AND GUARD YOUR. SENSES قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَرِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذلك أزكى لهم إن اللهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ذَلِكَ أَزْكَى لَهُمْ إِنَّ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَرِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِ بْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَا بِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَ بِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَا بِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَنُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّبِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ. Allah says:. Direct the believing men to restrain their looks and to guard their senses. That is purer for them. Surely, Allah is well aware of that which they do. Direct the believing woman to restrain their looks and to guard their senses. and not to disclose any part of their beauty or their adornments, except that which is apparent thereof. They should draw their head covering across their bosoms; and should not disclose any part of their beauty or their adornments except to their husbands or to their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands or their sons, or the sons of their husbands or their brothers, or the sons of their