and something i will describe to you that you will see clearly i have never seen a woman in a place who felt that a man was seeing her or hearing her voice except that she made a virtuous movement that was isolated and she said extra words that were unnecessary for him contrary to her speech and movement before that and i saw the concern for the exits of her words and the way she turned evident in her not hidden from her and men are like that when they sense women. as for displaying adornment and arranging the walk and making jokes when a woman walks with a man and a man passes by a woman this is more famous than the sun in every place. and god almighty says {tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their private parts} and he may his names be sanctified said {and let them not stamp their feet so that what they hide of their adornment may be known} . so if god almighty did not know the precision of their lowering their gaze in
وشيء أصفه لك تراه عيانا وهو أني ما رأيت قط امرأة في مكان تحس أن رجلا يراها أو يسمع حسها إلا وأحدثت حركة فاضلة كانت بمعزل، واتت بكلام زائد كانت عنه في غنية، مخالفين لكلامها وحركتها قبل ذلك؛ ورأيت التهمم لمخارج لفظها وهيئة تقلبها لائحا فيها ظاهرا عليها لا خفاء به؛ والرجال كذلك إذا أحسوا بالنساء. وأما إظهار الزينة وترتيب المشي وإيقاع المزح عند خطور المرأة بالرجل واجتياز الرجل بالمرأة فهذا أشهر من الشمس في كل مكان. والله عز وجل يقول {قل للمؤمنين يغضوا من أبصارهم ويحفظوا فروجهم} وقال تقدست أسماؤه {ولا يضربن بأرجلهن ليعلم ما يخفين من زينتهن} . فلولا علم الله عز وجل بدقة إغماضهن في