Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 19, 2026.
Lowering your gaze protects the heart
“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is aware of the treachery of the eyes and what the heart conceals.”
In one sentence
Lowering the gaze protects the heart, preserves faith, and requires deliberate awareness of Allah, restraint, and consistent action by both men and women.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Explains the devil’s traps of desires and doubts, focusing on the danger of uncontrolled looking.
- Connects lowering the gaze with protecting the heart and preserving the sweetness of faith.
- Describes how modern streets, devices, scrolling, and exposure to images normalize forbidden looking.
- Presents awareness of Allah and the recording angels as motivations for restraint.
- Uses the hadith about the rights of the pathway to emphasize lowering the gaze in public.
- Calls both men and women to seek Allah’s help and actively practice lowering the gaze.
Try this week
Internalize that Allah sees every glance, including when you are alone.
Remember that angels record every glance, message, text, and action.
Actively look away from forbidden images and situations while walking, driving, or using a phone.
Ask Allah sincerely for help in lowering the gaze.
Practice lowering the gaze for Allah’s sake, not merely to avoid being caught by others.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is aware of the treachery of the eyes and what the heart conceals”
“you will begin to experience as time passes and you practice that consistently halawat al iman you will taste it and you will feel it”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that lowering our gaze is a way to protect the heart and keep our faith alive. The speaker warns that forbidden images can enter our lives through streets, phones, and social media, often so gradually that we barely notice their effect. He encourages us to remember that Allah sees us everywhere and that angels record what we do. Both men and women should ask Allah for help and make a sincere, active effort to look away from what is forbidden.
- What kinds of situations make it hardest to look away, and what could help us respond wisely?
- How does remembering Allah’s presence affect the choices we make when nobody else is watching?
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