But if you leave them agitated behind the veil and let them...

But if you leave them agitated behind the veil and let them lift the sides of the veil, then they will look at things that are not lawful for them to look at -that incite lust and powers that are beyond the limits of being God-fearing. It is not safe for you to break through the veil and leave it. And there is no power but in God.

حق الصوم وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الصَّوْمِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ حِجـَابٌ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ عَلَى لِسَـــانِكَ وَســـَمْعِكَ وبَصَرِكَ وَفَرْجِكَ وبَطْنِكَ لِيَسْتر'َكَ بهِ مِن النَّارِ وَهَكَذَا جَاءَ فِي الْحَديثِ «الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النّـــَارِ» فـــَإنْ ســــَكَنَتْ أَطْرَافُـــكَ فِي حَجَبَتِهَــــا(3) رَجَـوْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَحْجُوبًا.

وَإنْ أَنْتَ تَرَكْتَهَا تَضْطَرِبُ فِي حِجَابهَا وتَرْفَعُ جَنَبَاتِ الْحِجَاب فَتُطّلِعُ إلَى مَا لَيْسَ لَــــهَا بالنَّـــظْرَةِ الدَّاعِيـــــَةِ لِلشَّهْوَةِ وَالقُوَّةِ الْخَارِجَةِ عَنْ حَدِّ التَّقِيَّةِ للهِ لَمْ تَأمَنْ أَنْ تَخرِقَ الْحِجَــابَ وَتَخرُجَ مِنْهُ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.

( 32 ) 12- THE RIGHT OF PILGRIMAGE And the right of pilgrimage is that you should know that it is an arrival at the threshold of your Lord and a flight to Him from your sins; and through it your repentance is accepted and you perform an obligation made incumbent upon you by God. 13-THE RIGHT OF CHARITY And the right of charity is that you should know that it is a storing away with your Lord and a deposit for which you will have no need for witnesses.

Then once you know this you will be more confident of it if you donate it in secret than if you donate it in public. It is more appropriate for you to do privately what you now do in public and keep the affairs between you and Him secret under all circumstances. And you should also not take your hearing and sight as 12. حق الحج وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الحَجّ أَنْ تَعْلَـــمَ أَنّه وِفادةٌ إلى رَبّكَ، و فِرارٌ إليه من ذُنوبكَ وفيهِ قبولُ تَوبتِكَ وقَضاءُ الفَرضِ الَّذي أوجَبَه الله عَليك. 13.

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