| According to a Tradition related by Abu Umamah, the Holy Prophet said: "If a Muslim happens to glance at the charms of a woman and then turns his eyes away, Allah will bless his worship and devotion and will make it all the more sweet | For males, the satar is the part of the body from the navel to the knee, and it is not permissible to expose that pan of the body intentionally before anybody except one's own wife |
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| " She replied that it was a woman's | Not only is the satar to be kept concealed before others but even when alone |
The Holy Prophet has warned: "Beware, never remain naked, for with you are those that is, the angels of goodness and mercy , who never leave you alone except when you ease yourself or you go to your wives.
21| According to another Tradition, the Holy Prophet said: "Guard your satar from everybody except from your wife and your slave-girl | For instance, there is no harm in looking at a suspect woman when investigating a crime, or in the judge's looking at a female witness, who appears in the court, or in the physician's looking at a female patient, etc |
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| According to another Tradition emanating from Abu Humaidah and quoted in Musnad Ahmad, the Holy Prophet said that there was no harm in such a procedure | But when questioned she said, "I have certainly lost my son but not my modesty |
The first look is pardonable but not the second one.
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