The Limits of Looking at a Woman to Whom One Is Engaged
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What are the limits of the prescribed looking at a woman to whom one is engaged? And is it permissible for her to uncover her hair during the meeting?
Answer:
My brother, you arrange for her to be seen, and she does not know, and you see her, you arrange for her to be seen and you see her in her natural state, and she does not know.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What are the limits of the prescribed looking at a woman to whom one is engaged? And is it permissible for her to uncover her hair during the meeting?
Answer:
My brother, you arrange for her to be seen, and she does not know, and you see her, you arrange for her to be seen and you see her in her natural state, and she does not know.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:15:17)
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