Can a man sit with a woman before he marries her to see if she has ideas that contradict the Shari'ah?

The questioner : Well, the issue of a woman of faith: If we look now at a Muslim young man who wants to marry a woman of faith, but now the concept of faith in people's eyes has changed. You might find a girl who is a woman of faith, but she follows ideas or opinions that contradict the Shari'ah in many matters. Shaykh, the girl might be partisan, and after the young man marries her, he finds that she is partisan and leans toward ideas that greatly contradict the Shari'ah. Can the young man sit with her before marriage to understand what methodology she follows in religion, O our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : The question is repeated to you; and can he do that? Repeat your question so that you know the answer.

The questioner : We said: Can he sit with her before marriage to know, for example, what methodology she follows before the young man marries her?

The Shaykh : And can he do that?

The questioner : Religiously, he can, O our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : No, he cannot.

The questioner : Unless he is alone with her, in which case religious violations occur.

The Shaykh : Be patient, how many sessions?

The questioner : Looking, O our Shaykh!

The Shaykh : How many sessions? Be patient, pay attention; how many sessions can you have until you achieve the ability? How many sessions?

The questioner : Allah knows best.

The Shaykh : I don't know, he cannot.

The questioner : Then there are deceptions; she might deceive him and say to him: I don't have any ideas, so he marries...