Question 2350) - What is the ruling of a man looking at a strange woman?

A: It is not permissible for him to look at her, except her face and Hands.* If he is not safe from lust, then he should not look at her face even, except under dire necessity. He may not touch her face or hand, even if it is without lust.

* That is not a license for women to roam about displaying their faces to all in this age of sin and rebellion. What security is there that the men are not gazing at them with lust?

~ al-Quduri ~