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For marriage purposes can one give the other person a picture without a head scarf on, they live in different continents, therefore they have not met one another in person, but, the second party is waiting for a picture, and is requesting one without a headscarf, is it important to see ones hair?? is it a sin?
Answer:
Walaikum assalam,
1. According to the Hanafi school, and the overwhelming majority of the Sunni scholars, including the Malikis and Shafi`is, it is not permitted to take off oneโs hijab for a potential suitor, even in more final stages of the decision-making process. As such, it would be sinful to take off oneโs hijab for such a reason, and unbefitting the shyness (hayaโ) expected of a Muslim. The Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) said, โShyness (hayaโ) is from faith.โ
2. If one decides to marry someone, it is for the man permitted to look at the womanโs face and hands only. This is permitted even if there is desire (shahwa), though only if oneโs intention is to fulfill the sunna, not in to fulfill oneโs physical desires. [As explained in Haskafiโs Durr al-Mukhtar, and Ibn Abidinโs Radd al-Muhtar, ยBab al-Mass waโl Nadhar fi Kitab al-Hadhr waโl Ibaha, and other authoritative works of Hanafi fiqh]
3. This is the position of:
The Hanafi school: Durr al-Mukhtar; The Maliki school: Sharh al-Saghir; and The Shafi`I school: Tuhfat al-Muhtaj fi Sharh al-Minhaj]
4. Most of the fuqaha conditioned the permissibility of looking even to this extent with being: after one has otherwise made the determination to marry the person, and believes it is possible that one would in fact be able to get married to her. This is not a permission to โshop around.โ
And Allah alone gives success.
Walaikum assalam,
