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Speak and looking at a woman during a business deal

Q: Is it permissible to speak to and look at a woman during a business deal. Many women are invovled in their own business. So will it be permissible to transact with them?

Speak and looking at a woman during a business deal

A: One should not look at the woman. instead he should lower his gaze at the time of the transaction.

( و ) ينظر ( من الأجنبية ) ولو كافرة مجتبى ( إلى وجهها وكفيها فقط ) للضرورة قيل والقدم والذراع إذا أجرت نفسها للخبر تاترخانية … ( فإن خاف الشهوة ) أو شك ( امتنع نظره إلى وجهها ) فحل النظر مقيد بعدم الشهوة وإلا فحرام وهذا في زمانهم وأما في زماننا فمنع من الشابة (الدر المختار 6/369)

فتاوى محمودية 24/303

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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