Women's Issues

Q: Can a mother or grandmother put medicine on son's back including lower back if he is sick and has a back problem, provided there is no lust on both sides.

Q: Alhamdulillah, by the fazl of Allah I'm doing shar'ee pardah by covering my face,wearing gloves and socks, etc. But I live in a very hot and humid place.

My question is, can I use any other coloured cloth, I mean other than black, for my burka as the black colour absorbs heat and makes it tough to carry?

Q: I've just got a divorce. Me and my ex have been living separately for the past 2 years but he refused to give me a divorce. He gave me the divorce yesterday. I know I need to sit in iddat, but I wanted to ask if there's any rules on work. I have about £800 expenses a month. I live with my parents but I do not think they can pay my expenses for the next three months. I work at an office full time and also have a part time job as a care assistant which requires travelling from house to house. I'm not too sure what to do and if I'm still allowed to work or not. Please help me out. 

Q: Before haidh I secreted a clear white discharge that later on turns very light brown in colour, is that regarded as haidh or should I just renew my wudhu?

Q: Will yellow discharge before haidh be regarded as haidh if it's within the ten day period? Or is it only brown discharge that will be regarded as haidh before bleeding?

Q: I counted from 2010 when my haidh started till now and I have 1 doubt regarding it. Suppose my haidh days have to start from 7 april, now I get a green discharge on 5 april, but I may not have any discharge on 6th, 7th,and 8th. And I may get green discharge on 9th. So when should I consider my haidh starting from 7th or 9th?

Q: Can a woman in menstruation (haidh) enter the Masjid al-Aqsa compound? This is a compound surrounded by walls which contains several buildings such as the Dome of the Rock, Masjid al-Qibli, etc. Is the entire compound counted as the masjid (meaning that woman in menstruation can't enter) or is just the buildings counted as masjid and the rest as courtyard (which a woman in menstruation can enter)?

Q:

1. I get my menstrual cycle on the 25th or 26th of every month... but before my menstrual cycle begins... when I'm not bleeding yet... on the 22nd or 23rd, I secrete a brown discharge. Can I read my salaah?

2. If during Zuhr Salaah I get this brown discharge, should I only omit my Zuhr Salaah and continue reading Asr or should I leave out the remaining salaahs for the rest of the day?

Q: According to discretion, when my haiz started it was on 19 march 2010 for 9 days, but I dont know the number of tuhr days exactly. According to descretion 19 or 20 days.

1. How many days should I take as tuhr?

2. I get bleeding for 3-4 days every month now and keep on getting green discharge after every 3 or 4 days, throughout the month. Which days should I count as haidh?

Q: My wife started an amal quoted in Fazaail-e-Aamal in which she was supposed to recite Surah Faatiha a particular number of times between the sunnat and Farz of Fajr Salaah consecutively for 7 days starting from the first Sunday of the lunar month. After starting the amal for 3 days she started menstruating. What should be done now as her regular menstruating time is around the first Sunday of the lunar month?