Muhammad bin Salamah said: “I proposed marriage to a woman, then I hid and waited to see her until I saw her among some date palm trees that belonged to her.” It was said to him: “Do you do such a thing when you are a companion of the Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'When Allah causes a man to propose to a woman, there is nothing wrong with him looking at her.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1864)

أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "When Allah casts a love speech in the heart of a person for a woman, it is not wrong for him to look at her."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى الله ﷻ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةً لِامْرَأَةٍفَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When Allah casts the proposal of a woman into the heart of a man, there is no harm in him looking at her." This is what Yahya ibn Al-Ala'a reported from Al-Hajjaj, from Muhammad ibn Uthman.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا» هَكَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "If Allah puts a proposal of marriage in a person's heart, there is no harm in looking at her." This is narrated by Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad from al-Hajjaj from Muhammad ibn Sulaiman ibn Abi Hathmah from his father.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا قَذَفَ اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا» «هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ»

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah places the love of a woman in the heart of a man, there is no harm in him looking at her." This was narrated by Abu Mu'awiyah from Al-Hajjaj from Sahl ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Hathmah, from his uncle Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا» هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

"إذا أَلْقى الله في قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ منْكم خِطبةَ امْرأَةٍ فلا بأسَ أنْ ينظَر إلْيها".