Dress & Attire

Cutting hair and nails during haidh

Q: Please advise regarding the following:

1. Is it permissible to cut nails and hair during menstrual period? Elders say to keep it safe until haidh/nifas period is over and to wash it off after that and to bury it. 

2. Is there any specific dua in Qur'an or hadees to change the husband into obedient slave of Allah (because he is not convinced of Allah's wrath if he commits zina after marriage. He refuses to stop contacts with a Christian lady over social media saying that theirs was and will be pure frienship. But I knew few months back that they committed zina several times and continuing contacts even after she married another guy). I wish Allah will change him one day eventhough I know very well that he is very much addicted to her. It was his main hobby to chat with strange girls and became close to them. He isnt stopping it after our marriage. He isnt serious about life after death. I dont want him to die as a person who committed zina. I love him sincerely eventhough I wished and prayed before nikaah that the person who marry me will be a religious guy who is concious of deen. My family will consider me as a burden if I become a divorcee, even if I struggled alot and have valid reasons to seek divorce.

Wearing a watch that has gold plating

Q: I bought an automatic watch that was stated to be all stainless steel. However, I was looking through the  case back and it appears that the rotor (instrument that winds the watch that makes it work) might be gold plated. I looked online and it does seem like the rotor is made of steel, not solid gold. The rest of the watch components, such as the dial, hands, markers, case, strap, buckle & case back are either made of steel or crystal.  Would it be impermissible to wear such a watch if the rotor (or any other mechanical part on the inside) is gold plated?  If that is the case and I have been wearing that watch for the past 8 months, what needs to be done? Should I sell it or would that also be impermissible?

Suitable pajamas for females

Q: Please advise: Is it permissible for woman to wear pajamas that feature:

1. Textual inscriptions

2. Non-animate images (hearts, flowers, leaves, stars, etc.)

3. Bright, feminine colours (bright pink, bright yellow, etc.)

These pajamas are long, have sleeves, and not revealing around the breast area.

Threading one's eyebrows

Q: My husband would like me to thread my eyebrows so that he finds me more attractive and makes our relationship stronger. It means a lot to him. But I am unsure if I am allowed. Although other people would see me, I would only be threading my eyebrows because he wants me to. Am I allowed or is it prohibited even if that is what he wants?

Wearing jewellery with stones

Q: I have a question regarding using/wearing stones in jewellery. I know that stones like kyanite and lapis lazuli are often used by people because they believe that they have certain metaphysical properties. I've recently come into quite a few stones (quartz crystal, malachite, kyanite, etc.) that have been passed from person to person, but the original purchaser bought them because of the metaphysical properties that they believed them to have. I simply think that they're beautiful rocks and creations of Allah Ta'ala and have no intentions of relying on them for anything. Is it permissible for me to wear them as jewellery? Would that be a form of shirk? Diamonds and sapphires are believed to have certain properties as well; should we just avoid all stones?