Distinguishing between normal and impure discharge
Q: How do I distinguish between normal wet and impure vaginal discharge for which wudu becomes obligatory?
Women's Issues
Girls going to school
Q: I really feel that my iman getting harmed when I be with my friends but it's not possible to avoid them studying in the same class. Is it ok to hurt them in this case?
Using a tampon
Q: I suffer with continuous slightly coloured discharge but it is not a large amount. I make fresh wudhu for every salaah as my discharge is ongoing. I sometimes due to circumstances am unable to make fresh wudhu and require to keep wudhu (i.e. due to travel or due to work etc). Please let me know if one can use a Tampon to keep wudhu across 2 salaah times, if the tampon remains dry on the bottom end and no discharge exists the outer area onto to under garments?
Marrying one's foster niece
Q: There are two sisters (Amna and Zulaika) and their mother died. After the death of their mother their father got married to Nasreen. The step mother of Amna and Zulaika (Nasreen) breastfed Amna's son Taimoor her milk. Can Taimoor perform nikah with his cousin who is the daughter of Zulaika?
Woman in haidh using a menstrual cup
Q: Is it permissible, for a non-virgin, to use a menstrual cup? It is a small silicon cup (like a dummy), inserted into the vagina, to collect menstrual blood. It it then emptied and washed for re-use.
Women driving
Q: Is it permissible in Islam for a woman to drive a car or scooter or any other type of vehicle?
Iddat after khula'
Q: I want to ask the time of khula. I got khula one month ago and my husband gave me a talaaq after the khula, when will iddat start?
Wearing the niqaab in a home with non-mahram males
Q: I have a question about purdah. I live at my mother in-laws house and I wear niqab. There are always males in the home who are my husband's cousins and uncles. Is it permissible to not wear the niqab when they are present? I try avoid taking it off as much as possible but sometimes I am unaware that they are in the home and am not wearing it which makes me feel guilty because there have been times where my husband says I should leave it off or he doesn't encourage to wear it when those particular people are around.
Removing hair in the state of haidh
Q: I would like to find out what is the ruling regarding the removal of hair for a woman while she is in the state of haidh?
Bleeding after nifaas
Q: Regarding postpartum bleeding, after the 40 days when bleeding continues off and on as it does for breastfeeding mothers it is regarded as istihaza, so the days after the blood has stopped will you need to perform ghusl just as you do for normal menstruation? Or only wudhu? And how long will it be regarded as istihaza?