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.' ”  

خَطَبْتُ امْرَأَةً فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَخَبَّأُ لَهَا حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهَا فِي نَخْلٍ لَهَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَتَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَأَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى اللَّهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا  

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 was sitting with Muhammad ibn Muslama, when the daughter of Dahak ibn Khalifa passed by. Muhammad began to look at her intently, so I said, "Glory be to Allah! You are the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and yet you do this?!" He replied, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'If Allah places the speech of a woman in a man's heart, it is not a sin for him to look at her.'"  

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ فَمَرَّتِ ابْنَةُ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ فَجَعَلَ يُطَارِدُهَا بِبَصَرِهِ فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَأَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللَّهُ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فِي قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا»  

[Machine] I saw Muhammad ibn Muslimah chasing the daughter of Al-Dhahak on a running horse from the outskirts of the city, observing her. So I said to him, "Are you doing this while you are the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He replied, "Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'When Allah places a speech of desire in the heart of a person towards a woman, it is not wrong for him to look at her.'"  

رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ ابْنَةَ الضَّحَّاكِ عَلَى إِنْجَارٍ مِنْ أَنَاجِيرِ الْمَدِينَةِ يُبْصِرُهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَأَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللَّهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا»