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Sahih Muslim 2159a

I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about the sudden glance (that is cast) on the face (of a non-Mahram). He commanded me that I should turn away my eyes.

Jarirnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
7names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنِي قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ يُونُسَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ نَظَرِ الْفُجَاءَةِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَصْرِفَ بَصَرِي

I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about the sudden glance (that is cast) on the face (of a non-Mahram). He commanded me that I should turn away my eyes.

ইবনু আবূ উমর (রহঃ) ..... মুগীরাহ ইবনু শুবাহ (রাযিঃ) নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে অনুরূপ বর্ণিত হয়েছে। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ২০২৭, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

مروان بن معاویہ فزاری نے کہا : ہمیں سعید بن عبید طا ئی نے علی بن ربیعہ سے حدیث سنا ئی انھوں نے حضرت مغیرہ بن شعبہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے اور انھوں نے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے اس ( سابقہ حدیث ) کے مانند روایت کی ۔

{…} Bize, bu hadisi İbni Ebi Ömer dahî rivayet etti. (dediki): Bize Mervân yâni Fezâri rivayet etti. (dediki): Bize Saîdü'bnü Ubeyd-i Tâî, Alîyyü'bnü Rabîa'dan o da Mugîratü'bnü Şu'be'den, o da Peygamber (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen bu hadîsin mislini rivayet etti. İzah için buraya tıklayın

Sahih Muslim 2159a, Book 38, The Book of Manners and Etiquette, Hadith 59. 1 min read

What it means

Jarīr ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about a man suddenly and unintentionally looking at an unrelated woman. In response, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to turn his face to the other side once he knows it, and there is no sin on him.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth urges to lower the gaze.
  • It warns against continuing to look at what is forbidden if one's sight falls on it suddenly and unintentionally.
  • It indicates that the prohibition of looking at women is an established matter among the Companions, as evidenced by the fact that Jarīr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): If he looked at a woman unintentionally, would his ruling be the same as the ruling of someone who looked intentionally?
  • It shows how Shariah cares about the interests of people, as it forbade men from looking at women due to the resultant evils in this world and the Hereafter.
  • The Companions used to refer to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him about things unclear to them. Likewise, ordinary Muslims should refer to their scholars and ask them about what is unclear to them.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold me, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Yazid ibn ZurayTold us, Third generation, died 182 AH
  4. 4Yunus ibn UbaydFrom, Successor, died 138 AH
  5. 5Amr ibn SaidFrom, Successor, died 111 AH
  6. 6Abu Zurah ibn Amr ibn JarirFrom, Successor, died 91 AH
  7. 7Jarir ibn Abdullah al-BajliFrom, Companion, died 51 AH

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