Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that during Tawaf, my gaze fell upon a woman; she seemed pleasing to me. I wanted to ask about her, but she was occupied. A woman’s beauty does not harm you until you come to know her.

Hazrat Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) says that it is not permissible for a man to look at any woman except his wife or a mahram relative.

Ayub (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) would not travel with any caravan in which there were women.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)! There is a treasure for you in Paradise and you will attain both sides of Paradise. If your gaze falls (upon something), do not cast a second glance, for there is allowance for the first glance but the second is not permitted.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), in the explanation of the verse of the Holy Qur'an: "Allah knows the deceit of the eyes and what the hearts conceal," says that sometimes a man is sitting among some people and a woman passes by there. He makes the people believe that he has lowered his gaze, but if he finds that the people are heedless of him, he starts looking at the woman, and if he fears that people might see him, he lowers his gaze. Allah Almighty is aware of the thoughts in his heart, that the man even wants to look at the hidden parts of the woman.

Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I would prefer the smell of a dead animal in my nose over the fragrance of a woman.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I would prefer to collide with a camel smeared with tar than to collide with a woman.

Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) says that every lustful eye is an adulterous one.