Section: As for an elderly woman, the likes of whom are not desired, there is no harm in looking at what usually appears of her, due to the saying of Allah, the Almighty: {And women of post-menstrual age who do not desire marriage} (83), the verse. Ibn (84) Abbas said regarding the saying of Allah, the Almighty: {Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision} (85) {and tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision} (86), the verse: He (87) abrogated and excepted from that: {And women of post-menstrual age who do not desire marriage}, the verse. Within this meaning is the ugly woman (88) who is not desired.
(78) Its verification has preceded in the long hadith of Jabir, in: 5/156. (79) In the original and M: "a glance". (80) Omitted from: The original, A, and B. (81) In: The Chapter on what one is commanded to do regarding lowering the gaze, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/495, 496. The first [hadith] was also recorded by al-Darimi in: The Chapter regarding an accidental glance, from the Book of Seeking Permission. Sunan al-Darimi 2/278. The second was recorded by al-Darimi in: The Chapter on guarding the hearing, from the Book of Softening Hearts (Riqaq). Sunan al-Darimi 2/298. And by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 5/351, 352, 357. (82) In A, B, and M: "marrying her". (83) Surah al-Nur 60. (84) Omitted from: M. (85) Surah al-Nur 30. (86) Surah al-Nur 31. (87) Omitted from: The original, A, and B. (88) In the original: "due to her being".
