Q: I am a 21 year old Muslim woman. I started observing hijab recently but I am confused with regards to mahram. I have two 13 and 10 year old cousins who are growing up in front of me in my hands. One of them is now showing early signs of puberty. They are like little kids to me. Should I have to observe hijaab in front of them also?
Q: My age is 70 years. I don't have any relation with my husband since last 14 years. I am living with my children. Suddenly my husband died after 14 years. My question is that is iddat wajib on me or not? If yes then what is the right way to perform it. Please answer in detail with reference.
Q: I want to know is it permissible to talk to non-mahrams? Like if someone is studying in a co-education and having boy fellows and male teachers so then is it allowed to talk to them? I have heard that a girl is not allowed to talk to non-mahrams but if in case of helping and if a non-mahram shares his problems with you without having any bad intention so is it allowed? Can girls and boys be friends?
Q: I gave birth on 15 May 2016. I had a ghusal on the expiry of nifaas which was the 24th June 2016. However I still continued to bleed till now. In a week I will stop bleeding for 2/3 days then it would resume. In this scenario do I count my Haidh and if so how do I go about doing it?
Q: During Iddah, it is haram for the wife to live away from the husband. Is it the same thing for the husband? Can he leave her and live separately?
Q: What is the masla for women doing horse riding?
Q: If a woman experiences yellow discharge or discharge tinged with a little yellow after 15 days has passed from her haidh, does she regard this as haidh even though it doesn't occur around the usual date that she begins haidh and she often has this discharge even during the 15 days?
Q: If I am correct, it is not permissible for a woman to show/open her hair in front of non Muslim women. So if her mum and sisters are not Muslim, does the same rule apply? Also what is the rule for her to open her hair in front of her non-Muslim father and brothers?
Q: A woman aged 53 had sex with her husband and separated on the same day, had menses after one month and still did not meet her husband. She experiences her menses after 3 to 4 months. She is going through menopause, what will be her iddat? Your reply was that if she experiences regular menses she will have to observe iddat for three menses. I understand that if she is not experiencing regular menses then she does not need to observe iddat. Am I correct?
Q: A girl got her haidh this morning (Monday 8/8/16 @ abt 11-11.30 am), but her 15 days of cleanliness finished tonight at abt 10-10.30 pm. One mufti's fatwa was that she has to consider the clean-day period between the cycle of last month and the month before (which was 17 days) and only consider herself in the state of haidh once that amount of days are up, even though she's bleeding properly and even after the 15-clean-day-period is up. Another mufti said that once the 15 days are up, she's on her haidh but she has to continue reading salaah until she bleeds for 3 days and more, then she's on her haidh properly and her salaah of those days falls off. Two of her female muallimahs have mentioned that if you bleed after your 15 days you are considered as having haidh and salaah becomes haraam and sinful for you. Please inform me of the fatwa from your perspective. I am not fatwa shopping. I just need clarity on this topic as I myself get confused, which is why I look to you, respected mufti, for clarification. Second question is that she knows she became paak before 10 pm (on Sunday 24/7/16) but hadn't had the chance to make ghusl until that time so after her ghusl she read esha and made qadha of salaah. She's assuming she became paak before esha on Sunday (24/7/17) because the brown/bloody discharge stopped during the course of the day and she found out from 1 of the mentioned muallimahs that haidh had stopped, so she made qadha of those salaah. I know haidh ends soon as bleeding stops, even if one doesn't make ghusl straight away. Now, today she hadn't read esha until 9.45/50 pm & when she went to make wudhu she found blood again even though she hadn't spotted at maghrib time (but she made a fresh wudhu for all salaah) but spotted before and at zohr and asr time. Keeping all of this in mind, will esha qadha of tonight still be binding on her?