Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 115
Jarir bin ‘Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (the Islamic ruling on) accidental glance (i.e., at a woman one is not Islamically allowed to look at) and he ordered me to turn my eyes away..
وعن جرير رضي الله عنه قال: سألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن نظر الفجأة فقال:
“اصرف بصرك” ((رواه مسلم)).
“اصرف بصرك” ((رواه مسلم)).
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 115
The above hadith is from the Riyad as-Salihin collection of hadiths. Riyad as-Salihin, The Gardens of the Righteous is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi in the 12th century. The work was composed over a 44 year period and consists of around 1900 hadith split into 20 books.
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