The Book of Marriage

كتاب النكاح

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It is recommended for the one who wants to marry a woman to look at her face and hands before proposing marriage to her

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ENGLISH

Jabir heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say:

When a woman fascinates any one of you and she captivates his heart, he should go to his wife and have an intercourse with her, for it would repel what he feels.

ARABIC

‏ إِذَا أَحَدُكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ فَلْيَعْمِدْ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فَلْيُوَاقِعْهَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَرُدُّ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ ‏