What is the ruling on viewing someone's Instagram account and seeing the pictures they post, while lowering one's gaze from them, and what is the ruling on reading their poems or looking at the pictures they post about love?
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A Muslim must fear Allah in private and in public. The temptation of men by women and women by men is great, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, warned against it. Allah commanded lowering the gaze to cut off the root of temptation. A woman looking at a man with lust is forbidden, and without lust it is not forbidden, but caution must be exercised. The person who sends pictures and poems about love and passion is not trustworthy, and you should not follow him or concern yourself with what he publishes. You must close all doors to temptation so that whims and Satan do not overcome you.
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