Looking, touching and khalwa

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Looking and touching before and after marriage: what is allowed and forbidden, man and woman, khalwa and its cases, mirror and observer, school by school.

Sources and references

• Coran 24:30-31
• Mouslim 338
• Mawsu'at al-fiqh

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