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Is it permissible for a Muslim man to look at more than one woman with the intention of marriage at the same time, or must it be in sequence?

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It is permissible to look at one's fiancée for a need and to apply the Sunnah, with four conditions: the intention to marry, the absence of seclusion (khalwa), the security from temptation (fitna), and that the gaze does not exceed what is commonly apparent from her.

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