Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah requested permission from her parents to look at her, but they disliked it, so the woman granted him permission. Recorded by Sa'id (4). It is not permitted for him to be in seclusion with her because she (5) is unlawful to him, and the Law (Shar') did not permit anything other than looking, so she remains in the state of prohibition. Furthermore, in seclusion, one is not safe from falling into forbidden acts, for the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - said: "No man should ever be in seclusion with a woman, for the third among them is the devil." (6) He should not look at her with a gaze (7) of enjoyment or desire, nor with suspicion. Ahmad said, in the narration of Salih: He looks at the face, and it should not be by (8) way of pleasure. He is permitted to repeat his look at her and to contemplate her beauty, because the intended purpose is only achieved through that.

Section: There is no disagreement among the scholars regarding the permissibility of looking at her face. This is because it is not an area of the body that must be covered (awrah), and it is the focal point of beauty and the place of looking. It is not permitted for him to look at what does not normally appear. It was narrated from al-Awza'i that he looks at the areas of flesh. From Dawud, it is narrated that he looks at all of her, due to the apparent meaning of his saying - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him -: "Look at her." Our position is the saying of Allah the Almighty: {And not display their adornment except what is apparent of it} (9). It was narrated from Ibn Abbas that he said: The face and the inside (10) of the palm. Furthermore, because looking is forbidden but was permitted due to necessity, it is restricted to what the necessity calls for, which is what we have mentioned. The hadith is absolute, and whoever looks (11) at the face of a person is called a "looker" (nazir) at him, and whoever sees him while he is wearing his clothes is called a "viewer" (ra'in) of him, as Allah the Almighty said: {And when you see them, their bodies please you} (12). {And when}