The Limits of Looking at a Prospective Bride and Her Right to Look at the Prospective Groom
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 3106. He says: What are the limits of looking at a prospective bride? What is permissible for the prospective groom to look at?
The Shaykh:
He looks at her face and her hands; this is what is permissible for him.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, does a woman have the right to request to look at the prospective groom specifically?
The Shaykh:
Yes, she may request to look at him to see if he is suitable for her or not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you asks a woman in marriage, if he is able to look at what will induce him to marry her, he should do so.”
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَطَبَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَا يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى نِكَاحهَا فَلْيفْعَلThe Shaykh:
He looks at her face and her hands; this is what is permissible for him.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, does a woman have the right to request to look at the prospective groom specifically?
The Shaykh:
Yes, she may request to look at him to see if he is suitable for her or not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2760 -3022] ما حدود النظر إلى المخطوبة؟ فما الذي يجوز للخاطب أن ينظر إليه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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