الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Expiation for the Sick
بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ لِلْعَائِدِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْفُضُوْلِ مِنَ الْبَيْتِChapter: Disliking the Visitor Looking at the Private Parts of the House
Hadith 531
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ، عَنِ الأَجْلَحِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ ، قَالَ : دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ ، وَمَعَهُ قَوْمٌ ، وَفِي الْبَيْتِ امْرَأَةٌ ، فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : لَوِ انْفَقَأَتْ عَيْنُكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ .
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Huzail (may Allah have mercy on him), he said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) went to visit a sick person, and other people were with him. There was also a woman in the house, and one of the men began to look at her. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: If your eye had burst and perished, that would have been better for you than this act of looking.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The etiquette of going to someone’s house is that one should keep one’s gaze lowered so as to avoid falling into sin, especially if it is a house where the lady of the house may also be present; in such a case, one should guard one’s eyes. Furthermore, scholars should, upon witnessing people’s mistakes, continue to correct and reform them.
The etiquette of going to someone’s house is that one should keep one’s gaze lowered so as to avoid falling into sin, especially if it is a house where the lady of the house may also be present; in such a case, one should guard one’s eyes. Furthermore, scholars should, upon witnessing people’s mistakes, continue to correct and reform them.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 531
