(March 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Yeah, it's thought crime Mo. "Looking" is not blowing. They're just thinking about each others naughty bits in an extremely fond way. I can look at something all day long, thinking about stealing it, and the only crime I will have committed is "thought theft".It bothers me because it's just not true. That analogy is false. We are talking about human beings, not an object to steal. The Qur'an explicitly states:
(why would this bother you in any case?)
30. Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do.
31. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts...