What is the ruling on an orphaned girl staying with her sick mother in her married sister’s house despite the lack of space, and what is the ruling on a suitor repeatedly seeing the veiled girl after the engagement, given the hadith, "Look at her, for it is more likely to create affection between you"? And what is the meaning of "create affection between you" and "safe from temptation"? And is it permissible for her sister’s husband to be her guardian in marriage because her paternal cousins do not inquire about her?
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The fiancée is a stranger until the marriage contract is concluded. It is permissible to look at her during the engagement for a need, but it is not permissible to repeatedly look at her or sit with her after the purpose has been achieved. The permissibility of repeated looking is limited by need. The sister's husband is not a to the girl, and seclusion is negated by his presence if temptation is secure. The meaning of securing temptation is the absence of fear of falling into what lust calls for.
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