Title: I have come to know that it is not permissible to even look at 'ghair-mahram', i.e., someone who you are eligible to marry with. If this is true, then how can a person - male or female - decide his/her future spouse?

Question: Assalamalaikum I have come to know that it is not permissible to even look at 'ghair-mahram', i.e., someone who you are eligible to marry with. If this is true, then how can a person - male or female - decide his/her future spouse?

Answer ID: 2452Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 659/659=L)

It is prohibited to look at ghar-mahram, (strange opposite sex) but if you intend to marry a girl then you can see her once, rather it has been declared allowed in a hadith.