Miscellaneous

No longer want to be in a haraam relationship

Q: I am single with a 10 month old baby from a Pakistani. We live together but I don't want to get married because he is already married. I assisted him with his permit which allowed him to travel to Pakistan and he has now impregnated his wife. I asked him to leave as I no longer wish to be in a relationship and want to live my life as a pure Muslim woman. Is this wrong?

Entering a room without permission

Q: What is the ruling if the wife stays with her in laws in the same house, sharing all spaces like the kitchen, bathroom etc? Are the in laws allowed to use her bedroom as they wish? If she is not there can they sleep in the room and let other people in the room? The wife's possessions are still in the room and she is not informed of the people using it.

Purdah between husband's and wife's children from previous marriages

Q: Is there purdah between the husband's baligh son and the wife's baligh daughter from a previous marriage? Would they become milk brothers and sisters if the new wife has a baby from her husband and breast feeds the baby? Will the breast feeding of this mutual brother and sister render his and her children milk siblings. Please explain the ruling according to hanafi and shafi.

Is ligation permissible?

Q: I am 36 weeks pregnant with my 5th child. This baby and 4th baby were unplanned. I delivered a child one and half years ago with a c section and now again it will be a c section. It will be my third c section and its getting tough for me. I have searched online a lot and found out that tubal ligation is haraam. Unless the mothers health and life is at risk. Of course if I get pregnant again very soon, my health is going to suffer and I don't want to bear the pain of another c section again. So I just want your opinion if I can go for ligation?  I don't want to commit a sin in my ignorance.