The Limits of a Prospective Husband’s Gaze at His Fiancée
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Does the gaze at a woman to whom one is engaged have any Shari'ah limits that restrict it?
The Shaykh:
The prospective husband, you mean? The prospective husband looks at his fiancée, yes. The Lawgiver has made it permissible for him to look at what incites his desire for her, such as her hands, her face, and her hair, yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, is it permissible for him to be content with looking at her picture instead of looking at her directly?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that; this is easier. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Does the gaze at a woman to whom one is engaged have any Shari'ah limits that restrict it?
The Shaykh:
The prospective husband, you mean? The prospective husband looks at his fiancée, yes. The Lawgiver has made it permissible for him to look at what incites his desire for her, such as her hands, her face, and her hair, yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, is it permissible for him to be content with looking at her picture instead of looking at her directly?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that; this is easier. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أبلغ كيد الشيطان وسخريته بالمفتونين بالصور — islamhouse.com (1:04:29)
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