and those—men and women—who guard their private parts, and those—men and women—who remember Allah much: Allah has prepared for all of them forgiveness and a mighty reward (Al-Ahzab 33:35). (1) This concludes the quotation from Adwa’ al-Bayan (6/186-187).

His words, “as well as al-musāḥaqah”: musāḥaqah is when one woman gratifies another by mutual rubbing. It is a heinous crime for which both parties deserve a deterrent disciplinary punishment.

Al-Mughni (8/198) states: “If two women rub against each other, they are both fornicators and accursed, for it is related that the Prophet ﷺ said, ‘When a woman approaches another woman, the two of them are fornicators.’ They incur taʿzīr, for this is a form of fornication that carries no prescribed ḥadd.” (2)

Therefore, the Muslim woman—especially the young—must beware of perpetrating this vile abomination.

Concerning lowering the gaze, the scholar Ibn al-Qayyim writes in Al-Jawab al-Kafi, pp. 129 and 135: “As for the glances, they are the scout…"