Iddat

Q: Can a woman in iddat use baby powder? 

Can she use deodorant? 

Can she use soap?

Q: I’m on iddah at present and have been keeping to the confinement of my home as per the rules of Islam. However, my daughter has been experiencing emotional and psychological distress to my divorce as we had to pack up and leave our home in a few days and start a fresh. She is seeing a therapist at present. 

My brother is going away for the weekend and suggested that I join him with my daughter going to the destination and staying in the room whilst he does activity with her. I unfortunately have to drive because he is taking his family with him and there is no space in the car. Is this allowed considering the circumstances. It’s been six weeks since my iddah and I don’t don’t want to break the rules.

Q: A man divorces his wife 1 talaq. Can the husband use her washing machine during her idah?

Q: A woman got divorced few months back yet she only found out recently after the +/- 3 month period of iddat had passed. Does she have to sit in iddat now when she found out? Or is the iddat already over?

Q: Is it permissible for a female after her iddah to remain in the town she was married in? 

She has a teaching post as well as housing. Housing will be in a shared property with a Muslim family if safety is of concern. 

She does have parents but due to the abusive environment she would feel more safe remaining where she is currently sitting in her iddah. Her father is encouraging her to return to live with her parents. 

To my knowledge, a female is allowed to marry/re marry without the consent of her wakeel. Does this enable her to make all other decisions within the boundaries of Shariah by herself or does she now, after iddah, require the permission of her father? 

Q: Can a woman in iddat come out of the house into the garden which is completely private, it is on a farm?

Q: My grandmother has an umrah trip planned for end of March. But her husband passed away a few days ago (Feb 11). I am aware that iddat is for 4 months ten days but my grandma is 75 years old and I wanted to know if she is able to go to umrah and complete the remainder of her iddat when she gets back or is it not permissible for her to go? I was not aware if age makes a difference. 

Q: I am getting a divorce and wanted to find out, the fact that I need to continue working.. is it compulsory to wear a parda doing my iddath period while going to work .. or is following the rules of hijab (such as scarf and loose abaya sufficient)?

Q: I would like to know the validity of the talaq given to me by my husband. He said talaq three times in one go out of anger. There were a few people present to hear the talaq and straight after, he called my father and said ‘I've given your daughter talaq come and take her’.

Currently we are living separately and we have three children together.

Also, when and how long does my iddah start. At the time of the talaq I was on my menses.