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.
By Darul Ifta
Women’s Issues & Work fatawa — page 57 of 71
- Mufti Online13 Jan 2014
Eating out
Is family dinner allowed? Can we get together with a friends family and eat together with 2 or more families at a place or in a restaurant? All…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Jan 2014
Marrying one's fathers brothers wife
Nikkah with father's brothers wife (Chachi) is allowed in Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam31 Dec 2013
Can a Muslimah attend University?
Is it halal in islam for a girl to go to a mixed university? i will be going with my sister to take a teaching course. i live in england and there…
Hisham Dawood - Mufti Online31 Dec 2013
Having relations with a woman in her iddat
A brother told me that he committed intercourse with a woman in her iddah and wanted to ask if her iddah is now extended? If so for how long?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Dec 2013
Leaving the home during iddat
A woman leaves home whilst in iddah, does the sin go to the deceased husband?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online31 Dec 2013
Time of Salaah for women
I have heard that it is mentioned in the hadith that a lady who reads her salaah at awwal waqt gets the reward of reading salah with jamaat Takbir e…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam29 Dec 2013
Are women allowed to visit the graveyard?
Is there any hadees that lanat on those women who visited graveyards?
AbdulMannan Nizami - Mufti Online24 Dec 2013
Wearing a normal niqaab in ihraam
Is it permissible for a female to wear a normal niqaab when performing umrah, or does she have to keep her face uncovered while in ihraam? The cap…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Dec 2013
Being in contact with a married women
Eight years ago I fell in love with a girl. Her parents did not agree because of my financial state and forced her to marry someone else. She was 16…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Dec 2013
Women's clothing within the home
We know that outside the home ladies should be in purdah, fully covered, not wearing tight clothes etc. What about within the home (not in the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2013
Clothing which reveals the shape of the thighs
For a women in front of her mahram to wear clothes in which are tight on the thighs, is it impermissible, makrooh or permissible?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam20 Dec 2013
Is it permissible for women to wear Pandora bracelets?
Is it permissible for women to wear pandora bracelts?
Ismail Dawoodjee - Ask Imaam19 Dec 2013
Are girls allowed to wear synthetic headbands that look like plaited hair?
Are girls allowed to wear synthetic headbands that look like plaited hair?
Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online10 Dec 2013
Obedience to Allah Ta'ala supersedes obedience to others
This has been eating me up slowly. I am a muslim lady 16 years old and I understand the Islamic injunction on modesty. I have read everything and I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Dec 2013
Women wearing loose clothing
Is it haram for women to wear loose/baggy trousers? If it does not reveal the shape of her leg except the ankle, is it haram?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Dec 2013
Spotting after forty days from the time of birth
My wife completed her 40 days after birth of our baby girl last week and had ghusl. Yesterday (after 6 days from 40 days) we had relations and then…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Nov 2013
Male consulting a female doctor
We have a family doctor who is a female. My wife is satisfied with her treatment. She is qualified and taking care whenever we need. I am also…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Nov 2013
Salaah postures for a female
Please explain the salaah posture for a female. Do the arms remain close to the body and flat on the floor or raised? Please explain the complete…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Nov 2013
Leaving the home during iddat
A friend received one talaaq from her husband. She needs to know if she still needs to sit in her iddat? She is the breadwinner of the family - work…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Nov 2013
Women wearing pants below the ankles
What is the status of women wearing her pants below the ankle? Is it permissible for her to wear it above the ankle for her husband in the privacy…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN19 Nov 2013
Mother serving as a Mahram for her daughter?
Q. I am married and live with my mother and sister.One Alim said that my mother will be a Mahram for my sister if we all have to travel together. Is…
- Ask Imaam16 Nov 2013
Do I consider this as Istihadah?
I am having very irregular mensural cycle from the beginning. Usually I will have the mensuration for 7-8 days .For the past 3 months, I didn’t get…
Ismail Dawoodjee - Mufti Online16 Nov 2013Roman Urdu
Haidh ki haalat me Qur'an Shareef ka parhna
Mujhe ye jaana hai ki menstruation ke dauran kya awrat madrase me quran parh sakti hai bina usko touch kiya, maslan tajweed seekhte waqt quran ki…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam10 Nov 2013
Do I have to offer my previous salahs again that I missed to confusion about my haidh?
My question is that when taking gussal of purity from menstruation sometimes I got confused as the color of vaginal discharge is yellowish or…
- Ask Imaam7 Nov 2013
Women working in Islam and the rights of the spouses in a marriage.
Please advise me on the following:- Please note that in this marriage the husband is working and that they are not shot of anything. 1> Is it…
AbdulMannan Nizami - Mufti Online7 Nov 2013
Wearing purdah and going for Jamaat
Is covering face fardh on women or just wearing burkha which covers the whole body except hands, feet and face suffice? Is going for jamaat for…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Nov 2013
Changing one's place of iddat
I am sitting in iddat at my aunt's house and the house is full and I don't want to be in the way. Can I change my place of iddat?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Nov 2013
Jilbab
My question is based on my recent reading of Qur'an (specifically verses 24:31, 24:60 and 33:59) and the following Hadiths (Sunan Abu Dawud Book 32…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Nov 2013
Marrying one's former wife who later on married a Hindu
My wife and I divorced. She went on to marry a Hindu through a hindu ceremony in India and now wants to come back to me. Is this possible Islamically?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Nov 2013
Women going out to work due to necessity
My brother was the breadwinner of our home and he passed away. As I am the eldest child, I have to go out and earn money for our family, even though…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Nov 2013
Marrying Hindus and Non-Muslims
If a person marries a non Muslim who doesn't convert to Islam even after marriage and also marries his Muslim sister to a hindu. Is that person and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam2 Nov 2013
Ruling on discharge
Are the rules for istihaza the same as discharge? I hav been experiencing discharge for many years and sometimes it can b difficult to perform fresh…
Arshad Ali - Mufti Online29 Oct 2013
Leaving the home for work during iddat
My question is I took talaaq (divorce) on 25th October 2013. I was at my mother's home from the last 6 months and I was having no connection with my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Oct 2013
Leaving one's home during iddat
I have a question regarding divorce and iddat. I was living in Quetta with my husband. Me and my husband came to Islamabad to get a divorce. I was…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Oct 2013
Husband communicating with another women
My husband is talking to another woman. I have seen his messages on his phone and it makes me very uncomfortable. He goes to see her and talks to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Oct 2013
Marrying one's father's daughter
My mum got married to my dad when she was very young. I was a result of that marriage that didn't last. After few years my she married a man that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam12 Oct 2013
Leukorrhea Discharge and Nazar Fast
If a woman has continuous liqoria problem what are the rulings about wudoo and namaz. Is the discharge Najis? Is it necessary to get permission from…
Khalil Johnson - Ask Imaam10 Oct 2013
From what age should we make our daughters don the Niqab?
I want to know when should we make our daughters wear niqaab?
- Mufti Online10 Oct 2013
The Shar'ee ruling regarding women attending congregational or Eid Salaah
What is the Shar'ee ruling with regard to women attending the congregational Salaah in the Masaajid or being present for the Eid Salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Oct 2013
Cooking in I'tikaaf
Can a woman cook while she is in itikaaf?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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