It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with him): I was sitting with Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) when the daughter of al-Dahhak bin Khalifah passed by, and he (Muhammad bin Maslamah) began to gaze at her fixedly. I said (in surprise): Subhan Allah! You are doing this despite being a distinguished Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When Allah Almighty puts into a man's heart (the wish of) proposing marriage to a woman, there is no harm in him looking at her." This hadith is gharib (unusual), and its narrator Ibrahim bin Sirmah does not meet the standard of this book (al-Mustadrak).