“Is there anything weaker than this?”
Sufyān al-Thawri رحمه الله was asked about the verse:
“And Man is created weak.” 4:28
‘What is this weakness?’
He replied:
“A woman will pass by a man and he cannot restrain himself from looking at her although there is no benefit in it.
Is there anything weaker than this?”
[Hilayat al-Awliya’, 7/68]
محمد بن يزيد بن خنيس المكي ، قال : سمعت سفيان الثوري ، سئل عن قوله تعالى : ( وخلق الإنسان ضعيفا ) ما ضعفه ؟ قال : المرأة تمر بالرجل فلا يملك نفسه عن النظر إليها ، ولا هو ينتفع بها ، فأي شيء أضعف من هذا ؟
7/68 حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء