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Guarding the Eyes and Ears from the Immorality

Keeping Eyes

The eye was actually created by Allah Ta'ala for you to see everything, so that you can use it to fulfill all your desires. With your eyes you can also see the wonders and beauty of the creation of the heavens and the earth, so that you can take i'tibar from it.

So keep your eyes from these 4 things:

  1. Seeing a woman who is not a mahram.
  2. Seeing pornographic images that arouse lust.
  3. Looking at other people with a look of contempt.
  4. Seeing other people's selfishness.

Maintain Ears

You should guard your ears from hearing things of heresy or for example, evil words, useless words, or words that mention the crimes of others.

Actually your ears were created by Allah so that you can hear the Al-Qur'anul Karim, the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, and the wisdom of the auliya. So use your ears to listen to knowledge, so that with that knowledge you can attain an everlasting kingdom and eternal enjoyment (in heaven).

If you abuse your hearing pleasure, like you are listening to immorality, it means that you have betrayed yourself. You are misusing a tool which you should use to seek your advantage. So this is what is called true loss.

Do not say that it is a sin to speak to the person only to the person who says it. But that sin will also be affected by those who hear these words.

The words of the Prophet Muhammad:

“Surely those who listen (someone who curses others) are fellowship (in sin) with those who say that. And he is also considered one of the two swearing people. "

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Based on the translation of the book "Bidayatul Hidayah" by Al Imam Hujjatul Islam Al Ghazali RA, p. 114-116) [DDHK News]

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