Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following in a letter which he wrote to a certain person:
I am extremely happy to hear that Allah Ta’ala, out of His sheer grace and mercy, has saved you from falling into the sin of casting lustful glances and looking at haraam.
Casting lustful glances and looking at haraam is an extremely destructive spiritual malady. It causes the sweetness of one’s ibaadah to be lost in such proportions that if only one had knowledge of this, one would be greatly surprised to find that in such a short period of time, one can lose so much.
If you wish, you should also ponder deeply over this fact that after committing this sin, you will be deprived of the sweetness and enjoyment of ibaadah for a long time thereafter.
(Qutbul Aqtaab Hazrat Sheikhul Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) pg. 458)
