Women's Issues

Listening to the Azaan with one's hair uncovered

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2014-02-19 15:22

Q: Can a woman listen to the Adhan or read the Quran without covering her head?

Spending the iddat at one's parents home

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2014-02-19 09:39

Q: A couple makes nikah and then spends time together in private, but with no rukhsati taking place. Then they divorce. Where should the idda take place, can it take place at the girls parental home since she never left it (she never moved to the husbands home)?

Becoming a surrogate mother

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2014-02-17 15:43

Q: I want to be a surrogate mum. I really want to help sumbody who desperatly wants a baby. Is it halaal in Islam?

Extremely long hair causing headaches

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2014-02-17 15:39

Q: My daughter is 15 years old and has knee length hair. The weight of it is causing headaches almost everyday. Will it be permissible to trim a ruler
length of hair?

Working under a male senior

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2014-02-10 16:13

Q: I am a single female and have been studying something in the business field not really realising the extent of this. I started working at a company
recently and there is a male senior who I have to approach when I do not know what to do. 

  1. Should I be leaving this job?
  2. If don't end up working after the studying will it be a waste I commited?

Iddat of a pregnant woman

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2014-02-04 08:09

Q: What is the duration of iddat of a woman who has been given talaaq from her husband who later discovered herself pregnant, however the pregnancy is a result of a relationship she had during her marriage. She conceived from another man before her husband gave her talaaq. Should she observe iddat for the duration of the pregnancy or only for 3 months?

Observing iddat

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2014-02-02 07:58

Q: Please advise: my 2 sisters were both divorced and did not sit or keep Idaat. Few years later they both got married again to different partners. What is the consequences for not keeping Idaat?

Removing facial hairs

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2014-02-02 07:38

Q: If there is facial hairs on forehead and upper lips (moustache), is it allowed to remove?

Shaping the eyebrows

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2014-02-02 07:36

Q: Is shaping eyebrows allowed in islam?

Going to a male gynaecologist

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2014-01-28 15:50

Q: Is it permissible for a lady to go to a male gynaecologist? (when females are available) We have heard some people say that some mufti has said it is better to go to a male which we find inappropriate.

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