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What is a suitor permitted to see of his fiancée, according to the different schools of Islamic jurisprudence?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The jurists (fuqaha) have agreed on the permissibility for a suitor to look at the woman he intends to marry. However, they differed on the extent of what the suitor may look at on his fiancée, with several opinions:

1. The majority: It is permissible to look only at the face and hands. 2. The Hanbalis: It is permissible to look at what commonly appears when serving, such as the neck, hands, and feet. Some of them consider this to be the most accurate opinion. 3. Al-Awza'i: It is permissible to look at the fleshy parts of the body. 4. Ibn Hazm al-Zahiri: It is permissible to look at everything except the 'awrah (private parts).

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