Looking at the image of the prospective bride or via live broadcast
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If it is difficult to look at the prospective bride directly due to the distance of the place, is it permissible to look at her image, for example, or through what is called a live broadcast?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: If it is difficult to look at the prospective bride due to the distance of her place, is it permissible to look at her image, or to look at her through what is called a live broadcast?
The Shaykh:
If there are female relatives of his who are near the prospective bride, and they look at her and inform him about her, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If it is difficult to look at the prospective bride directly due to the distance of the place, is it permissible to look at her image, for example, or through what is called a live broadcast?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: If it is difficult to look at the prospective bride due to the distance of her place, is it permissible to look at her image, or to look at her through what is called a live broadcast?
The Shaykh:
If there are female relatives of his who are near the prospective bride, and they look at her and inform him about her, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب خطبة المجبرة إلى وليها والرشيدة إلى نفسها — islamhouse.com (1:10:20)
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