Ibn al-Jawzī, from Muhammad ibn al-Musayyab, who said: ‘Abd Allah narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan narrated to me, from Mujāhid, who said:

“Lowering one’s gaze from what Allah has forbidden gives rise to love of Allah.”

Muslim narrated in his Sahīh through Yūnus ibn ‘Ubayd, from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘īd, from Abū Zur‘ah ibn ‘Amr ibn Jarīr, from his grandfather, Jarīr ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Bajalī, who said:

“I asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about an inadvertent glance, and he instructed me to turn my gaze away.”

Imam Ahmad also narrated it from Hushaym, from Yūnus, with the same chain. Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasā’ī likewise narrated it through him. Al-Tirmidhī said: “Good and authentic.”

In another version, he said:

“Lower your gaze.”

That is, look towards the ground. Turning one’s gaze away is broader, since it may be towards the ground or in another direction.

Abū Dāwūd said: Ismā‘īl ibn Mūsā al-Fazārī narrated to us: Sharīk narrated to us, from Rabī‘ah al-Iyādī, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to ‘Alī: ‘O ‘Alī, do not follow one glance with another. The first is allowed to you, but the next is not.’”

Al-Tirmidhī also narrated it through Sharīk and said: “Singular; we know it only through his narration.”

In the Sahīh, Abū Sa‘īd reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Beware of sitting along the roads.”

They said: “O Messenger of Allah, we cannot do without our gathering places where we sit.”

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “If you insist, then give the road its due.”

They asked: “What is the road’s due