Women's Issues

Discharge

Q: I have asked you my question few days ago. I also want to say that I had a beige colour discharge? As I saw that before passing urine which I hadn't passed for a long time and a darker colour discharge once during the day. I usually use khursuf so that how I saw it and I am a doubtful person so I am a bit confused as to how should I count? this is the 18th day of my cycle.

Observing purda form one aunt's husband

Q: I am a young women, ready to get married. I studied kitaabs for four years . My predicament is as follows: I have an aunty (mothers sister) who stays quiet a distance away from my home. However from small I used to go and stay with her during the holidays. Over the years we have created a strong bond between myself and her family. We are so close , I can consider her as my second mother . After all this said, my story is with her husband. He is about 37 years of age. I find that over the years of staying together we have become very casual in our interaction. We laugh and joke around freely, sometimes he even touches me and vice versa. Taking into consideration all the above factors, please advise me.

Women going to halls

Q: I have been invited to a “Walima” of a close family relative. The event will be in a hall with a screen to separate men and women. The bride will be on a stage and the bridegroom will (after the nikaah) change into a suit and go to the bride to put the ring on her finger and exchange jewellery. There will also be a lot of non-Muslims attending as well and I expect that women will be inappropriately dressed. It is claimed that there will be no photographs but I suspect that this will be difficult to enforce and control. My son has been requested to recite Qur'an at this function. My questions are:

1. Is it permissible to attend such a gathering?

2. Is it permissible for my son to recite Qur'an here?

My obvious concern is about breaking family ties should I not attend. Please advise.

Irregular bleeding

Q: My haidh is very irregular, so much so that it is extremely difficult to calculate it correctly. When I am not sure as to whether I am experiencing haidh or istihaza, should I continue reading namaaz till I am certain?

Irregular bleeding due to taking a pill

Q: A sister spotted first day (Thursday night) then immediately took the pill. She did not spot at all for 6 days. She had forgotten to take the pill at lunch time on Wednesday and then she spotted immediately. She then took the pill she had forgotten to take and the spotting stopped. Is the 6 days her haidh days? Can she make ghusal and read Salaah as she is clean now? She leaves for home on Saturday after which she will stop the pill and this will start her proper bleeding. So which days are her haidh days? Does the first six days which are tuhr are they haidh days or after she stops the pills are those haidh days?