Looking at photographic images of women for the purpose of marriage

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, you mentioned that it is recommended to look at the woman one intends to marry. What is your view regarding looking at the photographic images of women that are found with some of the women seeking marriage?

Answer:
It is not permissible to take photographs. Photography is forbidden, and the one who does it is cursed. It is not permissible to look at a photograph, nor is it permissible to use it. This is looking in a forbidden manner. From one aspect, if one perceives the image in a written form, it may be that they lied about it, showing a picture of the most beautiful woman, or a wife from among the most severe women, and they are lying to him?
The image is never classified as permissible from the aspect that using it, transmitting it, and keeping it is forbidden. The second aspect is that photographing women, especially in the context of marriage conditions, is more severe than photographing men, given the curse in it and the severity of the punishment in it. There is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in it. Also, there is no safety from deception and forgery. Yes.