Some families are strict about the suitor looking at the prospective bride

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some families are strict regarding looking at their daughter who is being proposed to. What is your advice to them? And is looking at her originally permissible or a recommended practice?

Answer:
No, it is permissible as a dispensation. It is a permissible dispensation, not a recommended practice. If possible, and if not possible, you ask about her. You ask about her from women who know her, so you learn about her. You go because she is your relative, and your mother or your sister or a woman you trust looks at her. She looks at her and gives you information about her. Yes.