Shaykh Muhammad bin Saaleh al-‘Uthaymeen [May
Allaah have Mercy on him] was asked:
What is the ruling on people being relaxed
about looking at photos of foreign women, based on the ration that electronic
images are not real?
He answered:
This is extreme negligence because if a person
was to see an image of a woman, regardless of whether it is an electronic image
or an image in the newspapers etc., it will undoubtedly be a cause of
temptation that will impact the desires of the opposite gender. It will be as
if a male is actually looking at a female in person, and this point is in line
with our common sense.
I have even heard that some of the youth
nowadays store pictures on their devices of beautiful women so that they can
repeatedly look at her. This is proof that these images have become a major
source of temptation for people. Therefore, it is not permissible to look at
such photos, whether it be in the magazines or anywhere else (i.e. Twitter, Facebook,
a profile picture, a picture of a female contact etc.).
If these images are continued to be put up then
it will be a source of temptation so that people will continue looking at them
and gaining pleasure by it, and all of this will cause a deficiency in one’s
religion. Furthermore, continually looking at these images (including explicit
images of the opposite gender) will cause these images to remain carved in
one’s memory[1].
[Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Rasaa’il (2-268/269)]
[1] Reisman. J (2004)
suggested that not only do explicit images remain imprinted in the brain of the
viewer but it creates alterations of the brain. It causes memory and mind loss
and creates infatuation and addiction.
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