{"_id":"69f2596afaa0743188fe0424","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What counts as the “first glance,” and when does looking become sinful?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"There is a common saying that the first glance is permissible. What exactly counts as the first glance? For example, if I am looking into space and a woman enters my field of vision, is it wrong to keep looking in that direction? Also, if I naturally turn my head and happen to see the same woman multiple times unintentionally, is that sinful?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"The meaning of this is straightforward and practical. We are not commanded to walk around with our eyes closed, so naturally you will see women as you go about your daily life. Scholars define the unintentional glance (nazar al-fajʾah) as a look that occurs suddenly and without prior intent. There is no disagreement among the jurists that this type of glance is pardoned and not sinful.\\n\\nThis is supported by two well-known narrations. The first is from Jarīr ibn ʿAbdullāh (RA), who said: \"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the sudden unintentional glance, and he commanded me to avert my gaze.\\\"\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nThe second narration is from Buraidah (RA), in which the Prophet ﷺ said to ʿAli: \"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"O ʿAli, do not follow one glance with another. The first is yours, but the second is not.\\\"\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nBased on these narrations, a glance is considered sinful if it is:\\nThe first intentional glance,\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"The continuation of an initial unintentional glance, or\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"A second intentional glance.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"list\":\"ordered\"},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nTo answer your specific questions: if you are staring into space and a woman happens to enter your line of sight, that is the unintentional glance; there is no sin in it. What you must do at that point is avert your gaze. As for naturally turning your head and incidentally seeing the same woman multiple times, so long as each instance is genuinely unintentional and you are not deliberately directing your gaze toward her, you are not sinful. The sin occurs when you deliberately continue looking or intentionally seek out another glance after the first.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329d2","tag":"Relationships: Opposite Gender","count":81}],"createdOn":"2026-04-29T19:18:02.588Z"}