Lower your gaze brother..!!

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

Verily all praise and thanks is due to Allah, we thank and praise Him and we seek His aid and depend upon Him and we ask Him for forgiveness and seek refuge in Him from the evils of ourselves and the wickedness of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides there is no one who can lead him astray, and whoever Allah leads astray there is none who can guide him. I testify that there is nothing deserving of worship in truth except Allah Who is Alone and without any partner and I bear witness that Muhammad is the slave servant and final Prophet and Messenger of Allah. Verily the most truthful and correct speech is the Book of Allah and best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). The worst of all matters in religion are those newly invented matters and each invented matter is a forbidden innovation and every forbidden innovation is a straying and every straying is in the fire.

It's quite a long time, since the first time i heard my brother said to me.. 'lower your gaze brother..'.. it happened on Islamic concert, here in Melbourne.. when a lot of young people came together, young women and young men.. I was so amazed when i saw this athmosphere nearly similar in Indonesia with all around we can see were just our brothers and sisters.. Muslim, and muslimah.. However.. so amazed, that i was forgot to lower my gaze, until Brother Fariz told me to do so... Jazakumullah brother..

Here in Melbourne not only when summer that women dress minimally but also a dress that not cover properly also worn in cold season. Therefore.. i fell the urgency to know more about lowering our gaze, as a muslim.. to the opposite sex.. here i've got some article.. hope will be useful..