Islamic Fiqh > Marriage and family > Looking, touching and khalwa > Looking: rules, consent and touching
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Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
This first part gathers the fiqh rules on looking (nazar) and touching (lams): what a suitor may look at of his intended bride, the conditions attached to this look, prohibited touching, sending a woman to inspect the bride, then looking at the unrelated woman, at the old or veiled woman, handshaking, a woman looking at a man, looking at mahram relatives, and a man looking at another man. The positions of the four schools are cited with their classical references.