Using one's ex-wife's washing machine during her iddat period
Q: A man divorces his wife 1 talaq. Can the husband use her washing machine during her idah?
Women's Issues
Woman in haidh clipping her nails etc., before entering into ihraam
Q: While in a state of Haidh, it is makrooh to remove unwanted hair/nails. However, I will also be entering into ihram during Haidh. Can I shave/trim nails when tying ihram? Is there any sin for having not shaved or long nails during ihram?
Woman becoming clean from haidh before the expiry of the time of zuhr
Q: If a Hanafi woman bathes from haidh during Asr Shafi time. She will proceed to perform her Zuhr Salaah? Must the Shafi time be taken into consideration.
Woman making her salaah qadha due to delaying in checking if her haidh started
Q: I prayed zuhr after it had ended because I'm due to begin my period and earlier when I checked my discharge, it seemed somewhat dark but I still wasn't sure. So I kept checking until before asr. However, I delayed it too long and checked only a few minutes before asr was due to start before I decided I felt more inclined towards me not having started my menses as my discharge appeared repeatedly clear. I ended up doing wudu and praying zuhr after asr began (without doing ghusl). Am I sinful?
Woman seeing a brown discharge after 10 days of haidh
Q: I usually get my haidh for 10 days, with the last 4 days typically being just light brown spotting here and there.
This month, on the 7th day, I noticed clear discharge. By the 9th day, I realised that since then, I hadn’t seen any discharge, so I assumed my haidh had ended. I performed ghusl and made qadha of the missed salaah.
Later that same day, I noticed a small amount of clear discharge again, with a very tiny yellow dot.
When the 10 days were completed, there was still no more discharge. However, after the 10 days were over, I noticed a small amount of brown discharge.
Do I need to perform another ghusl? Or did my haidh end on the 7th day?
Ruling regarding a woman who emits a discharge throughout the month
Q: What is the ruling regarding a woman who emits a discharge throughout the month?
For ±3 days before and after her haidh it is brown in colour. Her bleeding lasts for ±8 days . During the rest of the month her discharge is yellow or white.
If she regards all coloured discharges as haidh then those days when she is actually bleeding may fall under istihadha?
Woman in haidh reading or touching a translation of the Quraan Majeed
Q: We seek Mufti Sab's invaluable guidance on whether a hā'iḍah can read and touch the English (or any language) translation of the Qur'ān, such as during Tarjamah study or general kitāb reading (not necessarily from a translation Qur'ān)?
Woman seeing discoloured discharge during the fast
Q: At asr time, one went to toilet and noticed a change of colour in ones discharge however one was unsure whether it was haidh or not. At maghrib time, after breaking the fast; before performing maghrib salaah; one saw that ones haidh had commenced.
Will this fast be valid or will one have to repeat it?
Spouses engaging in intercourse during iddat
Q: If after three divorces, a woman mistakenly engaged in intercourse with the husband during the iddat period, does the iddat get extended to 6 months? Or does it remain 3. I read that it becomes 6 months. Please clarify.
Islamic view on women's education
Q: I would like to know all these restrictions that Taliban in Afghanistan are putting upon women prohibiting them to seek education and employment and curbing them to even speak in public, why are they doing this?
Is there any basis in shariah law that prevents Muslim women to seek education and work even in a segregated setting where there is no free mixing with non mahram men?