The eye as the strap of the rear

466. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The eye is the strap of the rear.

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This is a wonderful metaphor, it is as though Amīr al-mu’minīn has likened the rear part of the body with a bag and the eye with a strap. When the strap is let loose the bag cannot retain…