Is looking at women or girls considered fornication, and is it of the same degree as full fornication?
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Looking at a non- woman with lust is forbidden (). It has been called zina (fornication/adultery) in the : "The two eyes commit zina, and their zina is looking." This is not like the zina that necessitates a prescribed punishment (hadd), but it is a precursor to it and incurs Allah's wrath if a person intentionally persists in it. Repentance and seeking forgiveness are obligatory for it.
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