Sunan Abi Dawud · Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
باب مَا يُؤْمَرُ بِهِ مِنْ غَضِّ الْبَصَرِ
Chapter: Regarding The Command To Lower The Gaze.
7 hadith · references 2148–2154
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Abu Dawud · 2148حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ، عَنْ جَرِيرٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ Jarir said I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about an accidental glance (on a woman). He ﷺ said “Turn your eyes away. ”6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2149يَا عَلِيُّ ، لَا تُتْبِعِ النَّظْرَةَ النَّظْرَةَ ، فَإِنَّ لَكَ الْأُولَى وَلَيْسَتْ لَكَ الْآخِرَةُNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: to Ali: Do not give a second look, Ali, (because) while you are not to blame for the first, you have no right to the second.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2150لَا تُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ لِتَنْعَتَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا كَأَنَّمَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَاIbn Masud reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying “ A woman should not rub her body directly with the body of another woman so that she describes it to her husband as if he were looking at her. ”5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2151إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تُقْبِلُ فِي صُورَةِ شَيْطَانٍ ، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ ، فَإِنَّهُ يُضْمِرُ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِJabir said “The Prophet ﷺ saw a woman so he entered upon Zainab daughter of Jahsh and had intercourse with her. He ﷺ then came out and said to his companions and said to them “A woman advances in the form of a devil. Whe4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2152إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَا أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ لَا مَحَالَةَ ، فَزِنَا الْعَيْنَيْنِ النَّظَرُ ، وَزِنَا اللِّسَانِ الْمَنْطِقُ ، وَالنَّفْسُ تَمَنَّى وَتَشْتَهِي ، وَالْفَرْجُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلIbn Abbas said “I did not see anything more resembling to minor sins than what Abu Hurairah reported from the Prophet ﷺ who said “Allaah has decreed for the children of Adam a share in adultery, he will get it by all mea7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2153لِكُلِّ ابْنِ آدَمَ حَظُّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَاAbu Hurairah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying “ Every child of Adam has his share in adultery. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. This version goes “And the hands commit adultery; their adultery is catching; and5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2154حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّThe aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds “The fornication of ear is hearing. ”6 narrators