Is a person held accountable for unintentional and repeated looking at women at work or in the street, especially in times of temptation, and is this considered a sin even if it is not with lust?
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Looking at foreign women is forbidden, even without lust, with the exception of the first unintentional glance. The ruling on working in mixed environments has been previously explained. Repeated unintentional glances have the same ruling as the first glance, provided one lowers their gaze and avoids places where women gather. However, repeated intentional glances without lust are forbidden. The feeling that there is no harm in prolonging the gaze after falling into sin is a satanic whisper, and one must hasten to repent and not persist in sin.
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