Checking and spying (tahassus and tajassus)

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy distinguishes tahassus, checking a matter with one's senses, from tajassus, entering into people's affairs, which he says is forbidden. ¹ He narrates how Umar heard a strange voice, climbed a wall and found men drinking wine, and their reply to him, though the narration is partly garbled in the recording (needs_source). ^{2 3}

The Sheikh says that tahassus is checking a matter with one's senses, and he gives the example of checking doors. ¹ He says that tajassus is entering in among people into their affairs, and that it is forbidden. ¹

The Sheikh narrates that Umar heard a strange voice, climbed a wall and found three men drinking wine. ² The men told him that he had disobeyed God in three ways, among them spying. The Sheikh also quotes a verse he does not name, about entering houses by their doors (needs_source: the narration is partly garbled in the recording). ³