1) How can one be helped to overcome the difficulty of lowering the gaze in an environment full of temptations, especially after marriage? 2) Is an emotional relationship with another girl, even if for the purpose of help and avoiding the forbidden, considered forbidden, given the wife's failure to perform her duties and the existence of a desire for a forbidden second marriage? 3) Is the desire to finish prayer quickly upon entering the mosque, after there was always a keenness to pray there seeking reward, considered a whisper from Satan and the self, or weakness of faith? 4) Is the thought that people are watching during prayer, and the subsequent attempt to be moderate, considered a whisper or a form of showing off?
Goodness extends to the woman who adorns herself for her husband and obeys him. A wife's failure to adorn herself for her husband does not permit looking at forbidden things, for looking at forbidden things is the adultery of the eye. You must immediately sever the forbidden relationship, and if you cannot leave the girl, then marry her, even if it leads to divorcing your current wife, if it is not possible to combine them. As for your prayer, it is considered a type of showing off (riya') and its cause is weakness of faith, which is one of the most dangerous diseases of the hearts, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, warned against it. The cure for showing off (riya') is to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating partners with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know."
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