alkafi-10205Vol. 5, p. 524
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ لَا بَأْسَ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى رُءُوسِ أَهْلِ التِّهَامَةِ وَ الْأَعْرَابِ وَ أَهْلِ السَّوَادِ وَ الْعُلُوجِ لِأَنَّهُمْ إِذَا نُهُوا لَا يَنْتَهُونَ[2] قَالَ وَ الْمَجْنُونَةِ وَ الْمَغْلُوبَةِ عَلَى عَقْلِهَا وَ لَا بَأْسَ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى شَعْرِهَا وَ جَسَدِهَا مَا لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدْ ذَلِكَ.
’It is not unlawful to look at the heads of the people of al-Tihamah and Arabs who live in black (tents) and al-‘Aluj (faithless uneducated people) because even if they are prohibited they do not listen.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘In the case of insane and those whose reason is defeated (very weak) it is not unlawful to loo