Women's Issues

Q: Is there a difference between iddat in hanafi and shafi mazhab?

Q: Kindly advise me on the following:

A womans last haiz ended on the 01/02. On the 03/03 at 6:35 pm she noticed some blood, however the bleeding did not continue and she continued to have a clear discharge in the days that followed and continued with her salaahs. On the 05/03 at 6:35pm she started bleeding as normal. From which day will she consider her haiz to have started.

Q: Is it permissible for Muslim women to receive secular education and study in universities so that they can earn a degree? Some people argue that it is necessary for a woman to hold a degree so that if she is divorced or widowed, she will be able to earn a living and see to her dependants. Furthermore, there is a need for Muslim female professionals e.g. doctors. If our Muslim sisters do not become doctors, Muslim women will be forced to go to male doctors.

Q: I had a miscarriage in January 2017. No limbs of the foetus were formed. After the miscarriage I bled for some time. The bleeding stopped followed by brownish discharge. This is ongoing although lighter. What habit do I use? My previous habit was 6 days prior to having the miscarriage.

Q: Is it appropriate to cover head specifically for the Adhan or not? Women cover their heads with scarves during the Adhan and specifically for the Adhan. These women say it is respectful to do so. However, someone else said that this is something new in Islam and wasn't there before.

Q:

1. A woman is on her period. She goes to sleep at night but when she wakes up at fajr time, she realises that she must have become taahir during the night since there is no trace of blood. Does she have to make qadaa of the isha prayers? 

2. Would it have been necessary for her to set her alarm clock to wake her up before the end of isha time/start of fajr time, to check whether the period had finished at night, in which case she would avoid it becoming qada?

Q: If I take khula and I don't do iddat period instead of iddat period can I give or my parents give kuffara for the iddat period or its necessary to do iddat and how many days iddat will be there?

Q: I have just started homeopathic treatment to correct my hormonal imbalance (irregular periods). I had my haiz for 8 days and was clean so I had a ghusl. Today is the 10th day and this morning I can see a very thin line of blood in my discharge. The discharge is more than the blood. Do I regard this as part of my haiz?

Q: My husband has passed away two months ago and I am presently in iddat. I want to know whether I can use hair dye in iddat?

Q: Breastfeeding is for 2 years according to Islam? My baby is still drinking breast milk and she is not leaving her mothers milk. What is the solution? Her age is now 2 years and 5 months.