to review matters and to converse.” He replied, “Then if you insist on sitting, give the road its right: lower your gaze, return the greeting of peace, and speak courteously.” Narrated by Muslim.

“As-suʿudāt,” with a ḍamma on both the sād and the ʿayn, means the roads.

1633 – Jarīr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the unexpected glance, and he said, “Turn your eyes away.” Narrated by Muslim.

1634 – Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Maymūnah was present when Ibn Umm Maktūm arrived. That was after we had been commanded to observe the veil. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Screen yourselves from him.” We said, “Messenger of Allah, is he not blind? He cannot see us and does not recognize us.” He replied, “Are the two of you blind as well? Do you not see him?” Related by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who said: “A ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.” (1)

1635 – Abū Saʿīd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A man must not look at another man’s private parts, nor may a woman look at another woman’s private parts. A man must not lie with another man under a single garment, nor may a woman lie with another woman under a single garment.” Narrated by Muslim. (2)

291 – Chapter: The prohibition of seclusion with a non-maḥram woman

Allah the Exalted says, “And when you ask anything of them, ask it from behind a screen.” (Al-Aḥzāb 33:53)

1636 – ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Beware of…"