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Will a woman be sinful if she looks at a handsome man and her feelings are involuntarily stirred, even if she tries to avert her gaze from lust, knowing that it is permissible to look at men's faces without lust?

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Scholars have differed on the ruling concerning a woman looking at men without lust, and we have favored its permissibility, especially when there is a need. However, if the man is handsome, that could be a pretext for looking with lust and temptation, for Satan commands indecency and evil. A Muslim should not open the doors of evil upon themselves.

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