The suitor’s conversation with the prospective bride over the telephone
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What are the prescribed matters for a suitor when he proposes to a woman? Is it permissible for him to speak with her, or talk to her over the telephone, under the pretext of getting to know each other?
Answer:
By Allah, this is not appropriate. He should go to her guardian, and she should be present with him at the guardian’s place, where he looks at her and speaks to her. There is no other way. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What are the prescribed matters for a suitor when he proposes to a woman? Is it permissible for him to speak with her, or talk to her over the telephone, under the pretext of getting to know each other?
Answer:
By Allah, this is not appropriate. He should go to her guardian, and she should be present with him at the guardian’s place, where he looks at her and speaks to her. There is no other way. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما يقتل من الدواب في الحرم والإحرام — islamhouse.com (1:02:38)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.