Today, through media such as television,film,and
especially the internet, shamelessness and
immodesty have worked their way into the fabric of
society and slowly deteriorated the moral quality of
many lives. Modern teens waste their youth in
pursuit of harmful, or simply useless, entertainment,
available now on an unprecedented scale. The eyes
are the portals through which most of this harms
reaches the heart. Allah’s Messenger (upon him
blessings and peace) said, “Verily, the evil glance is a
poisonous arrow from the arrows of Iblis. He who
abstains from casting evil glances, I will grant him
such iman as he will feel its sweetness in his heart.”
Allah(SAW) clearly forbids casting evil glances for both
men and women. He offers the same command to
each: “Say to the believing men, (O Prophet), that
they should lower their gaze {from women that are
forbidden to them)…. And say to the believing
women that they should lower their gaze from (men
that are forbidden to them)” (Surat al-Nur, 24:30–31)
“The word
yaghuddu in the ayah is derived from ghadd, which
means to bring down or lower. Ibn Hibban has given
the explanation that to look at a non-mahram woman
with intent to have sexual pleasure is totally
prohibited, and to look at any woman’s or man’s
private parts of the body is included in this
explanation (except in case of dire necessity, such as
medical examination). Peeping into anyone’s house
with the intent of finding out his secrets, and all such
acts where looking is prohibited by Shariah,are
included in the injunction.”
One who casts evil glances is breaching the trust of
Allah(SAW),who says,“He knows every
treacherous look of the eyes and all that the (human)
breast conceals” (Surat Ghafir, 40:19). “Treacherous”
is not too harsh a word. For when the owner of eyes
peers at what he may not by right look at,he betrays
the one who granted him the blessing of sight. No
one ought to think that he is the final possessor of
his own organs, for each is a trust from Allah, and
each is capable of wrongdoing. Prophet Muhammad
(upon him blessings and peace) said, “The eyes
commit adultery. Their adultery is gazing (lustfully at
those forbidden to them).” The Prophet Muhammad
(upon him blessings and peace) also commanded Ali
(may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Ali! Do not
look follow up a wrongful gaze with another. The first
(accidental) one you may have, while the other you
may not.”
To conclude, I offer a reminder we find in the Prophet
traditions:
Every eye shall weep on the Day of Judgment, except
for the eye which was lowered from unlawful gazes,
the eye which stayed awake in the path of Allah, and
the eye which shed a tear for fear of Allah (even if
that tear be as small as the head of a fly).

Stay off nairaland and the problem is half solved.