are attained, even without that; yet this course is still the purer one. Now, when looking at what is forbidden and exposing oneself annul the very purity and cleansing sought—because of the heart’s desire and the pleasure taken in the gaze—then averting the eyes and keeping to the veil is all the more clearly obligatory.

All the compilers of the Sunan except Muslim report that the Prophet ﷺ cursed the effeminate men and the masculinized women, saying:

“Drive them out of your houses. Expel So-and-so and So-and-so,”—referring to those effeminate men.

Some transmitters mention that in the Prophet’s time they were three individuals—Bīm, Hīt, and Mātiʿ. They were not accused of the major indecency; their effeminacy lay only in soft speech, dyeing their hands and feet with henna as women do, and playing about as women play.

Abū Dāwūd relates in his Sunan, from Abū Yasār al-Qurashī, from Abū Hāshim, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Prophet ﷺ was brought an effeminate man who had dyed his hands and feet with henna. He asked,

“What is the matter with this man?”

They replied, “Messenger of Allah, he is imitating women.” He therefore ordered that the man be banished to al-Naqīʿ. They said, “Messenger of Allah, shall we not kill him?” He answered, “I have been forbidden to kill those who pray.”

So if the Prophet ﷺ commanded that such people be expelled from homes, it is obvious that the one who allows men access to his own person for their enjoyment, and for what