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فإذا عزم على نكاح إمرأةٍ فالسنه أن ينظر إلى وجهها وكفَّيها قبل أن يخطِبها وإن لم تأذَن في ذلك وله تكرير النظر ولا ينظر غير الوجه والكفين
عمدة السالك وعدة الناسك لإبن النقيب المصري كتاب النكاح
Whenever someone intends to enter into marital relations [nikah] with a woman, then it is sunnah that he should look at her face and hands before getting engaged, even if she doesn’t give permission for this. And he is allowed to look repeatedly, but he is not to look at anything besides the face and hands.
Ibn Al-Naqib Al-Misri, ‘Umda Al-salik wa ‘Udda Al-nasik [Reliance of the Traveller and Instruments of the Devout], The book of marital relations
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