Family, Women & Children · Subtopic
Women’s Issues & Work
2,832 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Women’s Issues & Work, part of Family, Women & Children. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Women’s Issues & Work fatawa — page 55 of 71
- Mufti Online1 Jun 2014
Purdah
Please explain me about purda (hijab). Can women open their faces in front of any man? What is the actual order of Allah Ta'ala regarding purda…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 May 2014
Irregular bleeding
I would like to know if after 6 days of haidh a lady sees no blood. She wakes up on the 7th morning before fajr there is no sign of blood so she…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 May 2014
Using nail polish during haidh
Can girls put nail polish when they are having periods? I have heard that girls cannot put nail polish even in periods because if they die while…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam27 May 2014
Are women required to cover their feet when praying Salaah?
Is a woman’s feet also to be covered in salah? Is this part of the satr?
Fahad Abdul Wahab - Mufti Online24 May 2014
Women concealing themselves from non mahrams
I have heard that there are two types of Hijab; one that covers the entire body except for the eyes and the other that covers the entire body except…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam22 May 2014
Are women allowed to part their hair from the side, rather than middle?
Are women allowed to part their hair from the side, rather than middle? (Only for their Husbands, and in front of females.) Or is it imitating the…
Zakariya Memon - Mufti Online21 May 2014
Wearing the cap purdah in ihraam
If wearing the cap purdah in ihraam is difficult, should a woman wear the normal purdah or not wear any? Some are of the opinion of wearing the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 May 2014Roman Urdu
Haidh me Qur'an ki aayat owr durood parhna
Kya auraten mahana ayam ke dinon mai zubani dil mai quran paak ki ayat ka wird kar sakti hyn? Kya un mahksos dino mai darood pak parha ja sakta hy?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 May 2014
The satr of a woman before non-mahrams
What amount of a woman's body is fardh for her to cover in the presence of non-mahrams?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 May 2014
Iddat of a lady who stops experiencing haidh
What is the Shar’i ruling regarding a lady who is sitting in iddat and after experiencing one haidh, eight months have passed and she did not…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam16 May 2014
How can we say women cannot read medicine at university when we say Muslim women must be treated by female doctors?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. With due respect to i would like to ask…
Zameelur Rahman - Jamiat KZN16 May 2014
What’s The Matter? | Teenager Depression
I’m a person suffering from depression. My elder brother is autistic and he causes a lot of problems in our house. Since he needs more care and…
- Mufti Online15 May 2014
Marrying one's grandfather's cousin's daughter
My grandfather (my dad's dad) has a cousin. He has a daughter that I want to marry is that okay?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 May 2014
Irregular bleeding
I have what I think is a huge problem especially with the holy month of Ramadaan coming. I am a married woman who was on the 3 month…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN13 May 2014
Woman in Iddat going for family functions?
Q. My sister recently got divorced and she is in iddat. Can she come with us for family functions and when we go out?
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Jamiat KZN12 May 2014
Surrogate Mother
Q. Please can you tell me what in the Islamic perspective on being a surrogate mother for someone who can’t have children? Is it allowed in Islam?
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Mufti Online11 May 2014
Should old women make purdah?
Is it wajib for old women to cover their faces (through niqab), or does this obligation only exist for young and middle-aged women?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 May 2014
Irregular bleeding
I would like to know what to do when I get my monthly period. For the first 2 or 3 days I get a coloured discharge 1 or 2 times a day thereafter I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 May 2014
Experiencing haidh during the Salaah time
If I don't read salah on time and within an hour or less I get my haidh, so do I have to make qadha after I get paak?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 May 2014
Raising the hands in Salaah for women
What is the ruling in Hanafi fiqh regarding rafaya dain in the salah of women and slave girls?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam9 May 2014
Is it ok for a Muslim women to go outside for recreational purposes?
is it ok for a muslim women to go outside for recreational purposes or should she mostly remain home and not be accustomed to going outside? can a…
Hisham Dawood - Jamiat KZN6 May 2014
Covering the hair in the presence of a non-Muslim domestic worker
Q. I would like to enquire about the ruling of women covering their heads in front of their female domestic workers. I heard a lady say one moulana…
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Ask Imaam2 May 2014
What should I do about my weakness of returning the looks of men?
I wear the niqab Alhamdulillah. But even then, when I go out to town or University, I see men looking. I find it so hard to ignore this attention. I…
Nabeel Valli - Mufti Online1 May 2014
Working with women co-workers
I work with Muslim females in a Muslim company. Some females wear niqaab. Is it correct for females my age and/or younger to make salaam to me and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Apr 2014
Period problem
My wife has a regular period problem. It is bewtween 10-15 days. When should she start Salaah, etc?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Apr 2014
Women living on their own
I seek advise on a matter that currently affects my living conditions. I currently reside in a 3 bedroom dwelling, a mum and brother. My brother…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Apr 2014
Bleeding for more than seven days
Related to women's periods, if the cycle does not stop after seven days and continues up to 13 days some times, can she make gusl after 10 days and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Apr 2014
Irregular bleeding
I have a question which I find difficult to explain. I do not know what colour I should consider as haidh? If I have a discharge that is like pink…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Apr 2014
Women covering their hair while sleeping
Do women need to cover their hair even while sleeping at night? What is the ruling related to covering hair for women?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN23 Apr 2014
If a man dies, is his wife allowed to see him before burial?
If a man dies, is his wife allowed to see him before burial?
[Mufti] Muhammad ibn Adam - Ask Imaam21 Apr 2014
Is plastic surgery allowed under Islamic Sharia Law. What if it is performed by a female doctor?
Kindly advise us if Plastic Surgery is allowed under Islamic Sharia Law and if surgery need to be conducted by female doctor as opposed to male…
Bilal Mohammad - Mufti Online21 Apr 2014
Sitting in iddat after the demise of one's husband
What are the faraiz of a wife after the death of her husband?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam20 Apr 2014
Will women be the majority on the day of judgment or men?
will women also be the majority of paradise based on this hadith: Muhammad reported that some (persons) stated with a sense of pride and some…
Zakariya Memon - Mufti Online19 Apr 2014
Iddat period of talaaq
I am 47 years old and married for 19 years. This is my third marriage (I am the only wife). I was married twice in my twenty's and got fasagh for…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam18 Apr 2014
Is it permissible for women to look at men?
1. How does one reconcile the injunction in the Qur'an which tells the believing men & women to lower their gaze with the narration that A'isha…
Arshad Ali - Mufti Online17 Apr 2014
Correct method for a women to choose a sheikh
What is the correct method for a women to choose a sheikh for Islaah. Does she have to have her husbands permission? Do both husband and wife have…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2014
Not feeling attracted to women
My son is 23 years old and a hafez ul quran. We have been talking to him about getting married and after many months he has now confided to his…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2014
Wearing short sleeves and leaving one's hair uncovered in one's home
With regard to a previously answered question about the exposing of one's satr in the house being shameful, seeing that a female's satr is her…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2014
Woman covering her face in ihraam
A female scholar in Masjid Nabwi told my wife that it is permissible to cover the face while doing Umrah and that there is no proof for covering the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam16 Apr 2014
Is the hadith “I entered Paradise and saw that most of its dwellers were women” authentic?
is this hadith authentic? Jabir said, Allah be well-pleased with him: I heard the Messenger of Allah say, upon him blessings and peace: �I entered…
Zameelur Rahman
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