Re: Question in regards to rishta pics and hijab
According to Shari’ah there is a problem!
Question: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? also, what if the sister has some make-up on in that picture? does this fall under zina?
Answer:Walaikum assalam,
- According to the Hanafi school, and the overwhelming majority of the Sunni scholars, including the Malikis and Shafi`is, it *not *permitted to take off one’s hijab for a potential suitor, even in more final stages of the decision-making process. As such, it would be sinful to take off one’s hijab for such a reason, and unbefitting the shyness (haya)expected of a Muslim. The Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) said, Shyness (haya) is from faith.
- If one decides to marry someone, it is for the man permitted to look at the woman’s face and hands only. This is permitted even if there is desire (shahwa), though only if one’s intention is to fulfill the the sunna, not in to fulfill one’s physical desires. [As explained in Haskafi’s Durr al-Mukhtar, and Ibn Abidin’s Radd al-Muhtar, Bab al-Mass wal Nadhar fi Kitab al-Hadhr wal Ibaha, and other authoritative works of Hanafi fiqh]
- 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]
- 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 shop around.
And Allah alone gives success.
Walaikum assalam,
Faraz Rabbani.