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If there are any feelings of desire or fitnah (temptation) then it is haraam to look, whether the man is on TV or otherwise. </p> </span> </div> </div> <div style="padding:3px; padding-right:6px;text-align:right">Fataawa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 2/973.</div> </div> </div> <div id="comments-container"> <div class="add-comment">Create Comments</div> <div class="add-comment-form hide2"> <div id="outer-container" align="center"> <div id="qcheader"></div> <div id="subject-container"> <div class="form"> <form id="comments-form" action="/web/20171026223123/https://islamqa.info/en/49038" method="post"> <div class="row"> <label for="Comments_name" class="required">الاسم <span class="required">*</span></label> <input size="40" maxlength="250" name="Comments[name]" id="Comments_name" type="text"/> </div> <div class="row"> <label for="Comments_email" class="required">الايميل <span class="required">*</span></label> <input size="40" maxlength="250" name="Comments[email]" id="Comments_email" type="text"/> </div> <div class="row"> <label for="Comments_title" class="required">العنوان <span class="required">*</span></label> <input size="40" maxlength="250" name="Comments[title]" id="Comments_title" type="text"/> </div> <div class="row"> <label for="Comments_comment" class="required">التعليق <span class="required">*</span></label> <textarea rows="6" cols="50" name="Comments[comment]" id="Comments_comment"></textarea> </div> <div id="comments-captcha"> <input name="Comments[verifyCode]" id="Comments_verifyCode" type="text"/> <img id="yw0" src="/web/20171026223123im_/https://islamqa.info/actionCreate/captcha/v/59f2623c0062c" alt=""/> </div> <div class="row buttons"> <input type="submit" name="yt0" value="Create"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 dispaly-none"> <div class="row padding0-15">     <div class="width-categories pull-left text-center"> <a title="" data-placement="top" class="thumbnail btn btn-group-lg" href="/web/20171026223123/https://islamqa.info/en/tree"> <h1><i class="fa fa-sitemap"></i></h1> <h5 class="text-muted"> <strong>Categories</strong></h5> </a></div> <div class="width-categories pull-right text-center"> <a data-placement="top" class="thumbnail btn btn-group-lg" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171026223123/http://almunajjid.com/books?lng=144"> <h1><i class="fa fa-book"></i></h1> <h5 class="text-muted"> <strong>Articles & Books</strong></h5> </a></div> <div class="width-categories pull-left text-center"> <a data-placement="top" class="thumbnail btn btn-group-lg" href="/web/20171026223123/https://islamqa.info/en/cat/12"> <h1><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></h1> <h5 class="text-muted"> <strong>Introduction to Islam</strong></h5> </a></div> <div class="width-categories pull-right text-center"> <a data-placement="top" class="thumbnail btn btn-group-lg" href="/web/20171026223123/https://islamqa.info/en/newfatwas"> <h1><i class="fa fa-folder-open"></i></h1> <h5 class="text-muted"> <strong>New Fatwas</strong></h5> </a></div> <div class="width-categories pull-left text-center"> <a data-placement="top" class="thumbnail btn btn-group-lg" href="/web/20171026223123/https://islamqa.info/en/sendq"> <h1><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o"></i></h1> <h5 class="text-muted"><strong>Send A Question </strong></h5> </a></div> <div class="width-categories pull-right text-center"> <a data-placement="top" class="thumbnail btn btn-group-lg" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171026223123/mailto:webmaster@islamqa.info"> <h1><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></h1> <h5 class="text-muted"> <strong>contact us</strong></h5> </a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <p class="text-muted text-center">All Rights Reserved for IslamQA©  1997-2017  0.079</p> </div> </div> </div> <script async type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171026223123js_/https://static.islamqa.info/js/flat-qa.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript">var position = 'right';</script> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://web.archive.org/web/20171026223123/https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); 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