10 benefits of lowering ur gaze by Ibn Qayyum, 1 – It is obedience to the command of Allah, which brings happiness to man in this world and in the next. 2 – It prevents the poisoned arrows (of the shaytan) which may lead to his doom, from reaching his heart. 3 – It creates a heart that is devoted to and focused on Allaah. 4 – It strengthens the heart and brings it peace just as letting the gaze wander weakens it and makes it sad. 5 – It brings light to the heart, just as letting the gaze wander brings darkness to it. 6 – It generates true insight which can distinguish between truth and falsehood, sincerity and lies. 7 – It creates a heart that is steadfast, brave and strong. 8 – It blocks the shaytaan from a means of entering his heart, for he may enter with looking, and penetrate the heart faster than the wind blowing through an empty space, and he may present to him the image that he looked at and make it attractive, like an idol to which his heart becomes devoted, then he encourages him and gives him hopes, and fans the flames of desire in his heart, adding the fuel of sin which could not have reached his heart without looking at that image. 9 – It distracts one from thinking of what is in one’s best interests, so his affairs become neglected and he follows his whims and desires and neglects to remember his Lord. 10 – Between the eyes and the heart there is a connection which means that the one is affected by the other.
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