One person quotes from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.

One person quotes from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.). He says, “I asked the Imam (a.s.) that I have business transactions with a woman and I have to, perforce, negotiate with he face to face. Is my looking at her face legitimate or not?” The Imam replied, “*Ittaqillah!

(*Keep Allah (S.w.T.)’s fear in your heart and exercise care!)” Imagine, there could be the possible risk of looking repeatedly at the face of the strange woman might give rise to sinful thoughts in the mind of the person and augur ill luck for him! Satan’s trap in the Bazār Even while walking on the street one has to be careful. If you think that on one street there is a trap installed by Satan, take another and safer street, even if that is more tortuous and can take more time to traverse.

For example, if there is a cinema theatre or a place of indecent activities on your way, or there are indecent posters of women on display, it is better to take a diversion and used some other street. You might say that such things on the way never tempt you to indulge in sin. But care is always advisable. Fellow-travellers: a dangerous trap Sometimes the person(s) traveling with somebody might prove satanic traps. He might be foul mouthed, backbiter or a person of poor intellect.

Such a companion should be avoided. Two companions, particularly when they are women, whose will is generally weak, have tendency to be ensnared by Satan. When they start gossiping, other’s matters come up for discussion. As time passes, they shift from innocuous talk to backbiting, insinuations, scandals, mockery and many such prohibited things. The trap of Iblīs is such that in the beginning people talk about each other’s health, exchange humor and narrate interesting anecdotes.

But then Satan misguides them to fall into his trap and start discussing prohibited things. You must have witnessed that when two persons get together, their talk initially had no element of fault. But in about an hour’s time there will be an element of lies in their conversation that might push them into the morass of Hell. Emerging out of the morass will be a Herculean task.

As a follow up to the conversation, even if they go to a mosque, you should not think that they are God fearing persons because Satan continues to be with them. Recognize yourself Iblīs has so many traps that if a person is not pious and careful, he will get entrapped in such a way that he will not rest till the person is consigned to the Hell. O people with wisdom!