Women's Issues

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?

Q: Muslim women are told that they should not leave their homes in order to work and that they are not allowed to interact freely with the opposite gender. Likewise, they are told that they should be obedient to their husbands. Does Islam not afford men and women equal rights, or are men superior to women in Islam?

Q: We have a second cousin who is 17 years old and autistic. When he visits us with his family, he often greets us with a hug.

1. Is it permissible for us females to greet him as such?

2. What should we do in this scenario?