Women's Issues

The status of purda and niqaab

Q: I would like to know is niqaab something that is really mandatory for Muslim women to wear. As an example doing three rakaats at fajr instead of two is not allowed just because you want to be more religious, same way isn't wearing more than hijab not allowed, because Allah said in the Qur'an, cover everything except your face and hands, so niqaab doesn't fall into that category. Because the whole point of hijab as well is not to get any attention, but the place I live niqaab would give you so much attention, people are scared of it and not only European countries, even most Muslim countries think that, like Lebanon and Turkey etc. that niqaab is something that is seen as extremists would wear. It's dark and overall isn't black color something that Islam disliked wearing? Like all the gothic, witches, emo style satanic people wear. And also Nowdays it's important for people to see each others faces, it's the obvious part of you that identifies you and if people can't see you, it makes them scared. So many Hadith have been changed nowadays, and I honestly believe that hijab with proper jilbab and all is enough and more could be not accepted just as three rakaats at fajr isn't accepted.

A woman travelling with other women

Q:

1) Can a lady teacher along with her 11 year daughter can travel in a girls only school bus with many other girls with out Mahram as husband has no time to pick and drop.

2) Is it allowed to travel with family in a car of a neighbor when his family is also accompanying him.

3) If a person dropping his wife to attend a weekly only women's Ta'leem in near by street of just 5 minutes drive is it allowed for a married woman with out mahran to go along with that family or come back with them?

Bleeding due to medication

Q: My question is a woman who never gets periods neither can she give birth, if she takes medicine monthly and because of those pills she discharges blood, is that considered as periods? If she skips her medicine, then theres no discharge of blood. Please answer me soon. It's very important.

Wearing purda part time

Q: I like to know the ruling on a woman wearing niqab on a part time basis. Say for instance when she knows she will be around non mahram men in a work environment. Will she be rewarded for covering up at those times. A friend has told me this is permissable. Please let me know.

Irregular bleeding

Q: İ have a problem with my period days. Sometimes it lasts for 9 or 11 and sometimes to 14 but just after the 9th day I have brown discharge. This discharge can be in the morning and stops for the rest of the day. Then it can come back late at night or the next day so I wait till all these discharges finish and to be sure that I am clean then I make ghusl.

1. Am I guilty for not making ghusal and praying in the time where the discharge stops before coming back again? Plus I heard a sheikh said it is OK to wait for one day to make sure that you are clean and then do ghusl.

2. Is it really permissible to wait as he said?