Women's Issues

Q: I completed my seven day haidh ghusal. In the afternoon, I noticed a light brown discharge. Am I napaak and do I need to repeat the ghusal?

Q: What shall we do about purda, especially after marriage. Because in India, generally many families don't allow to do pardah from husband's cousin brothers, brother-in- laws and other close relatives. What shall we do in such a situations? Please suggest me from shara'i point of view that how to comeout from this situation.

Q: My c section has been done 5 days before and my bleeding has been stopped. Shall I start offering my prayers or do I need to wait till 40 days as a normal delivery?

Q: Is it permissible for a girl to keep her face, hands and feet bare in front of ghair mahrams?

Q: Can my wife live with me in a home where my brothers and sisters also live? What is the Islamic view on this matter?

Q: Can I travel without a mahram to a different country for my brother's wedding? My husband can't go and he won't let me go without a mahram. If he has already said it to me once and I still have to go, then will he be sinning for letting me go? Won't it be my decision if I want to go or not to go? Is he allowed to force me to do something?

Q: I go to a public school and I am a girl. Their are male teachers and males at my school but I try to avoid most conversations with other male students. Is it ok to go there? Also I dress modestly nothing revealing. I can't go to an all girls school as its far from where I live.

Q: I had completed my haidh and performed my ghusl after 7 days. After two days of being clean I started bleeding again. Is this haidh or istihaadha?

Q: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to leave her home in order to go to a beauty parlour or salon to style her hair or wax the hair on her body? What is the Shar’ee ruling in regard to this issue?

Q: I read it is Sunnah of sleeping to recite Surah Ikhlas, mawazitain once and blow on your palms, wiping hands over the body till where they can reach and this is done thrice. Similarly it is Sunnah to recite ayat-ul-kursi. My question is is that can women practice these sunnahs during haidh?