Being Alone with the Betrothed Woman and Travelling with Her before the Contract
Is it lawful to be alone with the betrothed woman and to travel with her before the marriage contract?
Being alone with the betrothed woman and travelling with her are forbidden, for she remains a stranger to her suitor until the contract is concluded; the betrothal adds nothing to the rulings that govern a woman who is a stranger to him, save that it permits the sanctioned looking.
Being alone with the betrothed woman and travelling with her are forbidden; she is as any other woman who is a stranger to him until the contract is made over her, and the betrothal is a promise of marriage that permits none of this.
Being alone with the betrothed woman and travelling with her are forbidden — on the strength of his saying ﷺ: “Let no man be alone with a woman, for the third of them is Satan.” The betrothed woman is a stranger to him, and the betrothal adds nothing to the rulings that govern a stranger, save that it permits the looking which the betrothal itself calls for.
Being alone with the betrothed woman and travelling with her are forbidden, since the betrothal changes nothing of the rulings that govern a woman who is a stranger to him, save that it permits the looking to one who intends to marry her.