Can a person read magazines like Personality, Scope, You, etc. which have nude pictures, aspects of 'love making' as well as some good tips like recipes and health guidelines?

Almighty Allah Ta'ala has created human beings in pairs, males and%0D%0Afemales. Every male and female by human nature is attracted to the forms,%0D%0Ashapes and colour of the opposite sex. Similarly males and females are%0D%0Aattracted to some outstanding feminine and masculine qualities respectively.%0D%0AAttraction to the opposite sex has its positive factors, for example,%0D%0Amarriage, procreation etc. as well as negative factors which includes every%0D%0Aillicit and licentious relationship of incest, rape, masturbation, adultery,%0D%0Aprostitution, etc, etc, etc. Human beings by nature are prone to commit%0D%0Aevil, therefore the sensitive instinct of attraction has to be regulated by%0D%0Athe perfect Divine Laws of Our Creator, Allah Ta'ala who is all knowing%0D%0Aabout the nature of mankind. The Quran and the Ahaadith are replete with%0D%0Aorders that protect one from becoming a victim of the negative factors of%0D%0Aattraction to the opposite sex, hence the institution of Hijaab for females,%0D%0Athe prohibition of talking to males with an alluring tone, the prohibition%0D%0Ato apply perfume and exit the home, the prohibition for males and females to%0D%0Alower their gazes, etc.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince human beings are prone to evil, they revolt against such laws that%0D%0Arequires them to suppress their desires. In the prime stages of Islam, when%0D%0ARasulullah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) began reciting and propagating the%0D%0AQuran, which requires a believer to suppress one's desires and submit to the%0D%0ALaws of Allah Ta'ala, a mushrik Nadr ibn Haris conspired to import foreign%0D%0Aliterature to Makkah Mukkaramah having unIslamic contents in them in order%0D%0Ato impede the propagation of Islam.Almighty Allah Ta'ala has condemned such%0D%0Aliterature. He says, 'And among men are those who purchase lahwal hadeeth%0D%0A(futile talks) which misleads from the path of Allah Ta'ala without%0D%0Aknowledge, for them is a painful punishment.' (Luqman - verse 6). Even%0D%0Atoday, disbelievers propagate their culture and practices by publishing such%0D%0Aliterature and circulating them as widely as possible.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe reason behind the conspiracy is that a human being is stealthy. Just as%0D%0Ahe is sensitive to the different seasons of the year, so too is he sensitive%0D%0Ato people's character and conduct and can be influenced to assume and%0D%0Aimitate other people's evil character and conduct. Such evil and immoral%0D%0Abehaviour then become his principles of life and govern every aspect of his%0D%0Alife. Allah Ta'ala has pointed out the consequences of such literature as%0D%0Adeviating one from the path of Allah. Such literature has the potential of%0D%0Aactually depriving one of his Islamic values and morals (Maariful Quran%0D%0Avol.6). Allah Ta'ala mentions in the Quran - "Verily those people who love%0D%0Ato spread evil among the believers, for them is a painful punishment".%0D%0A(Noor-verse19)The different types of contemporary magazines, You,%0D%0APersonality, Scope etc. promotes the western culture of freedom and are%0D%0Afilled with every type of evil, swingers club, pornography, sex over the%0D%0Aphone, contact numbers for prostitutes. Such literature also falls in the%0D%0Acategory of lahwal-hadees (futile talks) which deviates one from the%0D%0Astraight path. The negative factors in such magazines outweigh the possible%0D%0Apositive factors in them, for example baking tips, etc. Such beneficial%0D%0Ainformation could be made available through other avenues. It not%0D%0Apermissible to sell, purchase and read such magazines. The income from%0D%0Aselling such books will be haraam.%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai