Women's Issues

Q: If I'm due for my menstrual cycle but I'm not bleeding yet but I'm secreting a brown discharge, am I allowed to perform salaah?

Q: I had my haidh for 9 days then remaind clean for 9 days and started to bleed again. Till when will my istihaaza be? Till the 15th day or 18th day (which is my habit of clean days between 2 haiz)

Q: Can women cut their nails in haidh?

Q: A year or so after I became baaligh, I stopped getting regular periods. I wouldn't know when I would get my period next. From 2015 mid year (this is my discretion) onwards I started having green discharge but didn't know that it should be counted as haiz.

So now all the dates are a blunder as my real period was very few times a year. For the last 5-6 months I am doing ghusl almost regularly. I had pills for green discharge but I am not getting 15 days of tuhr, and for the past 5 months I am taking tablets for my periods too. Because of the tablets I bleed for 4 days every month now. During these days I continue praying because I keep getting green discharge.

Can I consider this as my haiz and the rest as tuhr (though I will be getting green discharge)?

Q: I live in Saudi Arabia, and I just got engaged to my cousin who lives in USA. I'm aware of the cultural differences between the two countries. I'm worried about how my cousin should wear clothes. I didn't ask her to wear abaya because she said that girls in USA don't have to wear abaya and it's not necessary in order not to get men's attention, like in Saudi.

She also works in big well known company in an office environment with men and women together. I would like to know what Islam says about wearing jeans (not tight), makeup (little bit) and high heels shoes? And is it ok to work with men in an office environment, and is it ok to ride in a car with a male colleague?

2. How should Muslim men and women conduct with their brothers/sisters in law? Is it ok to talk or sit together with them in a family gathering? Is it ok to travel with them together with one's husband?

3. Is it ok to shake the hand of a non-mahram?

Q: After intercourse, without taking a shower, can I feed my baby?

Q: I don't want my wife to wear veil/niqab. What should she do?

Q: My wife and I want to separate and need guidance as per Islamic teachings:

1. Can my wife spent her iddah period after 1 talaq in my house as we do not want to disclose our separation due to her father's chronic illness? What are the restrictions in this case?

2. What is the period during which we can reconcile after 1 talaq?

Q: I was 5 and a half weeks pregnant and my pregnancy terminated naturally without having a sound ultrasound evidence. Only the placenta was formed. Is it obligatory for me to complete 40 days of nifaas?

Q: Is it against hayaa for a girl, who observes complete sharee purdah, to visit her fiance's house in his presence even if she intends to meet her mother in law, who is her father's big sister? If the girl feels shahwat in her heart and gets bad thoughts in her mind will it be permissible for her to visit her fiance's house?