Tashawwuf (the lawgiver's concern for a right; adornment in waiting and courtship)

Tashawwuf in the lexicon is longing or looking out; in jurisprudence it has several senses, such as the lawgiver's concern for descent, manumission, the waiting period and courtship. ¹

It is a rule that the lawgiver is concerned to attach descent, so rare cases are weighed in attaching a child, and the jurists agree on this. ¹ His concern for manumission is plain: freeing a slave is a living of a legal kind that lifts him from the status of property to fitness for human honours; any sane Muslim may do it, even one who is drunk or joking, and it is an act of devotion without dispute. ^{1 2}

A revocable divorcee may adorn herself, by the Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali view, since the marriage still stands; the Shafiis recommend mourning and so no adornment. ² There is no dispute that a widow may not adorn herself during her waiting period. ² For a woman divorced irrevocably there are several views: the Hanafis and one Shafii view forbid adornment; the Malikis hold mourning only for a widow; the Hanbalis do not make mourning recommended for her. ^{2 3}

A woman fit for marriage may not adorn herself to be seen by a suitor. ³ All agree that a suitor may look at the woman he wishes to marry, so that he decides to proceed or to hold back, since it fosters harmony; the Prophet ﷺ told al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, who had proposed to a woman without looking at her, to go and look. ³ Most jurists allow him to look at the face and hands; the Hanbalis allow what shows while she is at work. ³