Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Looking at Nomads and Bedouins ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ لا بَأْسَ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى رُءُوسِ أَهْلِ التِّهَا٠َةِ وَالأعْرَابِ وَأَهْلِ السَّوَادِ وَالْعُلُوجِ لأنَّهُ٠ْ إِذَا نُهُوا لا يَنْتَهُونَ قَالَ وَالْ٠َجْنُونَةِ وَالْ٠َغْلُوبَةِ عَلَى عَقْلِهَا وَلا بَأْسَ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى شَعْرِهَا وَجَسَدِهَا ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abbad ibn Suhayb who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ’It is not unlawful to look at the heads of the people of al-Tihamah and Arabs who live in black (tents) and al-‘Aluj (faithless uneducated people) because even if they are prohibited they do not listen.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘In the case of insane and those whose reason is defeated (very weak) it is not unlawful to look at their hairs and body as long as it is not an intentional look.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/353))