Women's Issues

Q: What is the iddat of a woman whose husband has given her talaaq?

Q: If a lady has an abortion and bleeds, will that bleeding be regarded as nifaas?

Q: What is the law for women to cover face, hands and Feet. If there is a law for covering face, hands and feet then kindly give the detailed reference in Answer because in Pakistan The Council of Islamic Ideology has said that "Shari'ah doesn’t ask women to cover face, hands or feet".

Q: My question is that I got short time stop pregnancy injection but the reason is that after that I am bleeding since ten days and before injection I hadn't  got my periods too. So can you help me, is it my period or the bleeding is just because of the injection? Should I make ghusal and pray if I am still bleeding? What shall I do?

Q: Coeducation is allowed in Islam? There is no good university where there is no coeducation and it is also the demand of nowadays to study in high level institutions. So what should we do now?

Q: I have a question, at times I notice women in purdah walking on the road and I don't feel comfortable about it. I was told that because their husbands are at work they have to walk and go for the weekly ladies taleem. Is this correct for them to do?

Q: I have this question regarding my auntie (dad's sister) her husband passed away two weeks ago and now she is in her own at home. She has children but they are in their own homes and she is worried about her iddat because she said I am now alone. I need to go out for shopping etc and she feels bored at home because no one can be around her at all times. She is over 70 years of age and she said please ask a scholar for advise that what can I do in this situation. It's really hard for me to stay at home all the time. Please could you help? Jazak Allah

Q: I had the marina loop put in, in December last year. I bled continuously for about five months and thereafter I used to spot every other day or every few days. I used to count my period as 10 days and then count a 15 day clean period. I wanted to know if what I was doing is correct or should I have followed my habit that I had previously. I'm not completely sure what was my habit before exactly because sometimes I used have my period for 8, 9 or 10 days what should I do? Right now I spot every few days so how do I count my period?

Q: Please advise regarding breastfeeding. My son will islamically turn two soon but I am still nursing him.

Q: I would like to know how is the iddat period of a widow calculated, on the Islamic calendar date or English, that is the four months and ten days?