Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 45
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "لاَ بَأْسَ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى شُعُورِ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ تِهَامَةَ وَ اَلْأَعْرَابِ وَ أَهْلِ اَلْبَوَادِي مِنْ أَهْلِ اَلذِّمَّةِ وَ اَلْعُلُوجِ لِأَنَّهُنَّ إِذَا نُهِينَ لاَ يَنْتَهِينَ " قَالَ "وَ اَلْمَجْنُونَةُ اَلْمَغْلُوبَةُ لاَ بَأْسَ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى شَعْرِهَا وَ جَسَدِهَا مَا لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدْ ذَلِكَ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abbad ibn Suhayb who said: I heard Abu Abdullah عليه السلام say: "There is no harm in looking at the hair of the women of Tihama, the Bedouins, the people of the desert from among the People of the Book (Ahl al-Dhimma), and non-Arab pagans (al-'uluj), because if they are forbidden, they do not comply." Imam عليه السلام also said: "As for a madwoman who is overpowered by her condition, there is no harm in looking at her hair and body, as long as it is not done deliberately."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 289