Question
Reference number: 976207 | Miscellaneous | Aug. 18, 2019
How can I keep lowering my gaze while women who appear with full makeup bedecking themselves are everywhere?
Answer
Praise Be to Allah and Peace Be Upon His Messenger.
It is well-known, depending on the Qur’anic verses or prophetic hadiths, that lowering the gaze is crucial. However, as unveiled women who appear with their full makeup are everywhere, in workplaces, universities and markets, and none can control this, men find it hard to avoid looking, but they (men) must do their best to lower their gaze. A man should not have the intention to look at a woman with sexual intentions as this is haram. If he just looks by chance, this look does not make him sinful as long as he does not keep looking at her.