Question

Is this suitable to quote?

وكان عيسى عليه السلام يقول: النظرة تزرع في القلب الشهوة وكفى بها خطيئة

‘Isa (‘alayhis salam) used to say: “An [unlawful] gaze plants the seed of desire in the heart and this is sufficient to be a sin.”

 

Answer

Imam Ibnul Jawzi (rahimahullah) has cited these words as the statement of ‘Isa (alayhis salam) without a chain.

(At Tabsirah, vol. 1, pg. 162)

In Dhammul Hawa, Imam Ibnul Jawzi (rahimahullah) has recorded a similar narration, with slight differences in the wording. I have not come across the credibility/lack thereof of several of the narrators of this chain. Despite that, one should definitely take heed of its profound meaning.

The wording of this version is as follows:

 قال عيسى بن مريم إياكم والنظرة فإنها تزرع في القلب الشهوة وكفى بها لصاحبها فتنة

‘Isa ibn Maryam (‘alayhis salam) said: Beware of an [unlawful] gaze for it plants the seed of desire in the heart and this is sufficient to be a trial/test for the one who casts this glance.”

(Dhammul Hawa: 288. Also see: Tafsir Razi, Surah Nur, Verse: 30, vol. 8, pg. 184)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar,

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

التبصرة لابن الجوزي: (١/ ١٦٢)
وكان عيسى عليه السلام يقول: «النظرة تزرع في القلب الشهوة وكفى بها خطيئة».

ذم الهوى:
(٢٨٨) حدثنا محمد بن حبيب البزاز، قال حدثنا الفضل ابن موسى البصري، قال حدثنا إبراهيم بن بشار الرمادي، عن سفيان قال: قال عيسى بن مريم: «إياكم والنظرة، فإنها تزرع في القلب الشهوة، وكفى بها لصاحبها فتنة».

تفسير الرازي: (٨/ ١٨٤، سورة النور: ٣٠)
وقيل: مكتوب في التوراة: «النظرة تزرع في القلب الشهوة، ورب شهوة أورثت حزنا طويلا».


Moulana Suhail Motala


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