I suffer from the habit of looking at adorned women. I cannot lower


my gaze most of the time. Please advise me, what shall I do?


Praise be to Allaah.


The one who has a septic wound should do whatever it takes to remove the


poison and heal the wound, with antidotes and ointments. This may be


achieved in several ways, such as:


1. Getting married, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be


upon him) said: “If one of you sees the charms of a woman, let him come


to his wife, for she has the same as (the other woman).” This will reduce


desire and weaken the infatuation.


2. Persisting in offering the


five daily prayers, saying


du’aa’ and beseeching Allaah


during the period before


dawn. His prayer should be


offered with proper presence


of mind and focus. He should


say a lot of du’aa’ such as


“Yaa muqallib al-quloob


thabbit qalbi ala deenik (O


Controller of the hearts,


make my heart adhere firmly


to Your religion)” and “Yaa musarrif al-quloob, sarrif qalbi ila ta’atika wa


ta’ati rasoolika (O Director of the hearts, direct my heart to obey You and


Your Messenger).” If he persists in du’aa’ and beseeching Allaah, He will


direct his heart away from that, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Thus it was, thatWe might turn away from him evil and illegal sexual


intercourse. Surely, he was one of Our chosen, (guided) slaves” [Yusuf


12:24].


End quote from al-Fataawa al-Kubra (3/77) by Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah


(may Allaah have mercy on him).


3. Keeping away from places where there are adorned women, and TV


channels and so on that show images that may affect and weaken the


heart. Ends.