It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you proposes marriage to a woman, then if he is able to look at that part of her which draws him to marry her, let him do so." (Jabir said:) I proposed marriage to a woman of Banu Sulaym, and I kept trying to see her while hiding behind the date palms, until I saw in her that which drew me to marry her, and then I married her. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but they (the two Shaykhs, Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Imam Muslim recorded in this chapter the narration of Yazid bin Kaysan from Abu Hazim in abridged form.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) proposed marriage to a woman, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and look at her, for that is more likely to create affection and love between the two of you." So he went and looked at her, and then he mentioned (to him, peace and blessings be upon him) his agreement with her. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.