521) and Ibn Abī ʿAmrū Sufyān from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār from Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah: that ʿUmar proposed to ʿAlī for his daughter Umm Kulthūm, and he mentioned her young age, (and it was said to him: if he rejects you, then try again), so (ʿAlī said to him): I will send her to you, and if you are pleased, she will be your wife. So he sent her to him, and he uncovered her legs, and she said: If you were not the Commander of the Faithful, I would have struck your eye. This poses a problem for those who say that one may not look at anything other than the face and hands. This statement that the ḥāfiẓ indicated as problematic is the view of the Ḥanafīs and Shāfiʿīs. Ibn al-Qayyim said in "Tahdhīb al-Sunan" (3/25-26): "Dāwūd said: one may look at her entire body. From Aḥmad, there are three narrations: one of them is that one may look at her face and hands. The second is that one may look at what is usually visible, like the neck and legs and similar areas
٥٢١) وابن أبي عمرو سفيان عن عمرو بن دينار عن محمد بن على بن الحنفية: أن عمر خطب إلى علي ابنته أم كلثوم، فذكر له صغرها، (فقيل له: إن ردك، فعاوده) ، فقال (له علي) : أبعث بها إليك، فإن رضيت فهي امرأتك، فأرسل بها إليه، فكشف عن ساقيها، فقالت: لولا أنك أمير المؤمنين لصككت عينك. وهذا يشكل على من قال: إنه لا ينظر غير الوجه والكفين ". وهذا القول الذي أشار الحافظ إلى استشكاله هو مذهب الحنفية والشافعية. قال ابن القيم في " تهذيب السنن " (٣ / ٢٥ - ٢٦) :" وقال داود: ينظر إلى سائر جسدها. وعن أحمد ثلاث روايات: إحداهن: ينظر إلى وجهها ويديها. والثانية: ينظر ما يظهر غالبا كالرقبة والساقين ونحوهما.