Women's Issues

Q: Is it permissible for women to leave their homes in order to go to the shops and buy items?

Q: Can a woman become a doctor with the intention of helping and nursing other women in full hijaab? What if we run a shortage of female doctors?

Q: If a girl bleeds over ten days, will her next haidh start after 15 days of tuhr?

Q: I would like to know clearly the hukam (ruling) of observing purdah (niqaab) in front of non Muslim ladies? Is it the same hukam as having to observe purdah in front of males... Kindly please advise as I heard the masla but I haven't come across it in my studies in madrasah.

Q: I regard my sister-in-law as my own sister. Can I consider her to be my mahram and show my concern for her by helping her, visiting her when she is sick and calling her on the phone to enquire about her well being?

Q: Please tell me if a woman's husband has given her one talaaq, does she have the right to stay with her husband?

Q:

1. Is it permissible for a woman to sit in the passenger seat of a car which is being driven by a non mahram man?

2. Is it permissible for a woman to sit behind a non mahram man on a motorbike or bicycle?

3. Is it permissible for a non mahram man and a non mahram woman to sit next to each other?

Q: My husband gave me first talaaq in 2015 and after 2 months he took me back. Now he is saying he will give me second talaaq. I need to know when will my iddat period start?

Q: My father passed away a month ago. Can my mother use hair dye on her hair while she is in iddat? 

Q: In an Islamic country, is it permissible for women to leave their homes in order to watch public executions and in order to watch all other types of public punishments?