Women's Issues

Q: What do I say to a non Muslim if they ask why has Allah ordered you to wear hijab and how come men don't if they don't understand that Allah orders us and we follow?

Q: Is it permissible to wear a half niqaab (forehead and eyebrows still show)? I see a lot of people wearing it this way and I’d like to know if this is correct.

Q:

1. From my understanding, if I start menses during zuhr time, and I haven’t read zuhr yet, I don’t have to make it up when my menses finish? True?

2. Also - if I finish menses during salah time, I only have to read that salah and not the one before it as well. (E.g. Finish menses at Asr time and only read Asr not Zuhr and Fajr)?

Q: My husband has given me divorce in writing. He isn't giving me any maintenance. I have to work to support my son. What are the rules for iddah:

1. Can I work in the daytime?

2. What about other rules of iddah?

3. My husband says that he now regrets. Can he remarry in iddah/after iddah? Please give the procedure.

Q: My husband has given me papers... He wrote I divorce you Talak Talak Talak... then in one line again I divorce you... How many divorces does it count?

He isn't giving any money... Can I work in a school during iddah as we were separated since a year?

Q: Is it permissible for females to wear tekkies when hiking?

Q: I want to continue my PhD studies abroad or in another city that's away from my home. Actually I am married and have a baby girl alhumdullilah. Is it okay or a sin in Islam to move away from my husband for a specific time period? During this duration he will stay with his first wife and children.

Q: If a woman in the state of haidh hears the azaan, then should she reply to the azaan? 

Q: What is the proper way to wear niqaab? Can the eyes, the eyebrows and half of the forehead show, or only the eyes are permissible to be open?

Q: Are girls/ladies permitted to ride the two wheelers and drive the cars to go their colleges or do some necessary house-hold works?