The ruling on the suitor seeing the prospective bride throughout the period of engagement
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener who used the letters A and 'Ayn as a code for her name says: Is it permissible for the suitor to see the face of his prospective bride throughout the period of engagement until the marriage contract is concluded?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Rather, a dispensation has been granted to a limited extent, which is that he sees of her what would make him desire to marry her, or what would prevent him from marrying her. The default ruling is prohibition, so he is restricted to the scope of the dispensement; that is, he sees her once without seclusion. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener who used the letters A and 'Ayn as a code for her name says: Is it permissible for the suitor to see the face of his prospective bride throughout the period of engagement until the marriage contract is concluded?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Rather, a dispensation has been granted to a limited extent, which is that he sees of her what would make him desire to marry her, or what would prevent him from marrying her. The default ruling is prohibition, so he is restricted to the scope of the dispensement; that is, he sees her once without seclusion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4281- حكم رؤية الخاطب للمخطوبة طوال فترة الخطوبة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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