الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل النكاحIssues of Marriage
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي اسْتِحْبَابِ النَّظْرِ إِلَى الْمَخْطُوبَةِChapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding the Recommendation to Look at the Woman to Be Proposed To
Hadith 6871
اُردوEn
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِذَا خَطَبَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ مِنْهَا مَا يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى نِكَاحِهَا فَلْيَفْعَلْ)) قَالَ: فَخَطَبْتُ جَارِيَةً مِنْ بَنِي سَلَمَةَ، فَكُنْتُ أَخْتَبِئُ لَهَا تَحْتَ الْكَرَبِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ مِنْهَا بَعْضَ مَا دَعَانِي إِلَى نِكَاحِهَا فَتَزَوَّجْتُهَا
Narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When one of you proposes marriage to a woman, if he is able, he should look at that which causes him to marry her. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I proposed marriage to a girl from Banu Salamah, and I used to hide behind the date-palm leaves to look at her, until I saw that which caused me to marry her, then I married her.
