What is prescribed regarding the suitor seeing his prospective bride
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Question:
Salih, we conclude this episode with this question that came from one of the brothers, who used the code name Abdullah. He says: What is prescribed regarding the suitor seeing his prospective bride, given that there are transgressions, and it may even extend to phone calls?
Answer:
What is permitted and allowed for the suitor to see in his prospective bride is to look at what he desires in her and what invites him to marry her: looking at her face, her hands, and the hair on her head. This is to be done in the presence of her guardian (wali), and he must not be alone with her. As for speaking, if the speaking is for the sake of banter, laughing with the woman, or words that give the man hope of her, then this is not permissible, it is not permissible. This is what they call flirting. This is not permissible. Yes.
Salih, we conclude this episode with this question that came from one of the brothers, who used the code name Abdullah. He says: What is prescribed regarding the suitor seeing his prospective bride, given that there are transgressions, and it may even extend to phone calls?
Answer:
What is permitted and allowed for the suitor to see in his prospective bride is to look at what he desires in her and what invites him to marry her: looking at her face, her hands, and the hair on her head. This is to be done in the presence of her guardian (wali), and he must not be alone with her. As for speaking, if the speaking is for the sake of banter, laughing with the woman, or words that give the man hope of her, then this is not permissible, it is not permissible. This is what they call flirting. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/226 — archive.org (15:29)
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