How can we protect our Eyes from sins Part -1

Protect our sight

Translation: I have made the intention of Sunnah I’tikaf.

Dear Islamic brothers! Whenever you enter a Masjid, upon remembering,
make the intention of Nafl (supererogatory) I’tikaf because as long as you stay in the Masjid you will keep obtaining the reward of Nafl I’tikaf.
Remember! By Shari’ah, it is not allowed to eat, drink and sleep in the Masjid, but if one makes the intention of I’tikaf he will be allowed to do these acts in Masjid. It is also important that one shouldn’t make the intention of I’tikaf just to eat, drink or sleep. It should be made to earn reward. It is stated in Rad-dul-Muhtar (Shaami): ‘If someone wants to eat, drink or sleep in a Masjid, he should make the intention of I’tikaf, make some Zikr and then do
what he wants (i.e. eat, drink or sleep).’

Excellence of Salat-‘Alan-Nabi

 (صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم)

The Beloved and Blessed Rasool
 has said, ‘When Thursday
arrives, Allah sends angels who have papers made of silver and pens
made of gold. They write the names of those who recite Salat on me in
abundance on the day of Thursday and the night of Friday (i.e. the night
between Thursday and Friday).’ (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, vol. 1, pp. 250, Hadees 2174)
A unique Du’a for protecting from sins

A unique Du’a for protecting from sins

Sayyiduna Yunus Bin Yusuf

  رحمة الله تعالى علیه was one of the famous blessed saints  رحمة الله تعالى علیه of his time. He used to spend most of his time in the Masjid worshipping his Rabb. He had dedicated his youth in worshipping Allah. Once he was coming out of the Masjid, suddenly his gaze fell on a 

young woman and his heart inclined towards her for a while but he immediately felt ashamed of this act and raised his hands for Du’a in the 

Court of Allah: “O my Rabb! No doubt you have blessed me with eyes which are the great blessing but I have a fear that lest I might suffer punishment due to these eyes and lest these eyes become the means of my destruction. O my Rabb! Deprive me of my sight.” The moment he completed his Du’a, he had lost his sight and became blind. So, after that, he رحمة الله تعالى علیه used to keep his nephew with him who would take him to the Masjid at Salah timings, and would help meeting his other needs. The Nephew of Sayyiduna Yunus Bin Yusuf رحمة الله تعالى علیه would leave him at Masjid and then he himself would play with children. When he 

 رحمة الله تعالى علیہ would have any need, he would call him.

Once Sayyiduna Yunus Bin Yusuf 

 رحمة الله تعالى علیہ  was in the Masjid and he felt something was crawling on his body. He called his nephew but he 

was busy playing with the children and could not come to him. sensed the risk that something might hurt him. So, he made Du’a again in the court of Allah : ‘O my Rabb! If I don’t get my sight back, 

lest it turns out to be a trouble and disgrace for me because I am not able to see anything and any dangerous pest may hurt me, on the other hand, I need help of someone repeatedly for fulfilling my needs, it has put me into a 

trouble. O my Rabb! Give me back my sight so that I get prevented from 

disgrace and dependence on others.’

Hadrat Sayyiduna Malik bin Anas states: ‘Sayyiduna Yunus Bin Yusuf had not yet completed his Du’a, he regained his sight and now he himself, without anyone’s help, reached his home’. I have seen him in both states, in the state of blindness and then by the blessing of Du’a, he regain his sight and now, like past, he would go to Masjid himself and 

worship his Rabb. (‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, pp.165)

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you heard that how great people our pious
predecessors were! If these blessed figures would see any benefit
of Hereafter then they would not care for worldly loss but they would never
bear any loss of Hereafter for the sake of any worldly benefit.

As it is learnt from the above-mentioned blessed parable that the chosen saint of Allah, Hadrat Sayyiduna Yunus Bin Yusuf did accept the loss of the vision of eyes but never liked to show disobedience to Allah through these eyes. May Allah enable us to protect ourselves from unlawful gazing, to prevent each of our body part from committing sins and especially grant us privilege to observe Qufl-e-Madinah (Madani guard) of eyes.