Women's Issues

Q: I started bleeding again after 11 days since my last haiz. Is this regarded as istihaaza? And what are the rules regarding istihazaa? When will I count
my haiz from?

Q: I have a question, one sister recently had a miscarriage of a baby of 7 weeks, and after that during 2 weeks she has been bleeding. I know that just 10 days is the maximum a person is considered napak in the case of Haidh, and 40 days in the case of giving birth, but how is it in this case?

Also there's another sister whose Haidh has altered due to an infection called depropovera, which she used for stopping her Haidh during Hajj. Now she has been bleeding for two weeks, some days it seems that it has stopped but then it comes a lot. Her habitual days was 7 days. So which days are considered Haidh and istihadha?

Q: Should a widow's iddat period be calculated by the Islamic months or the western calendar months (ie. August, September, etc.)?

Q: Regarding menstruation periods I would like to ask the following questions:

1.Are women allowed to have a bath whilst in haidh and nifaas? (I know that this will not make them pure from najasat but are they allowed to bathe because of hot weather and hygienic reasons?)

2. Are women allowed to do istinja using water whilst in period? (Women in our area refrain from using water saying this causes illnesses and is against the laws of haidh and nifaas; is this true?)

3. Are women allowed to drink cold water and ice-creams and other cold products during haidh and nifaas? (Again women in our area refrain strictly from this saying that it is not allowed both for medical and Islamic reasons?)

4. In our area women that are in haidh or nifaas still read salaah (in pretence-meaning that they don't recite anything but pretend that they are reading) in the presence of their fathers and other males using the excuse that they shouldn't know that their daughters, mothers or sisters are in this state. Is this allowed or not?

Q: My question is I am 23 years old girl. I had regular bleeding of 4 to 6 days since the last 9 years. But from the last 3 months the bleeding lasts only for 3 days or some less (68 to 70 hours). I want to know that is this haidh or something else? Should I continue salaah during this period or not?

Q: Is it Fardh to wear parda?

Q: Is is necessary for women to cover their neck, hair and arms as these parts of the body attract men?

Q: My mum is 65 years old, very sick at home. My dad just passed away. Must my mum wear parda in her house if people come to visit?

Q: If a woman's husband has pasted away, is her father-in-law her mahram? The wife stays with her in-laws mother/father in-law, brother in-law/wife. Can she make her iddat in her current home, or should she stay with her mother and do her iddat. (The distance between her home and her mothers is 300km) or should her mother stay with her at her in-laws?

Q: Can a woman who is doing hifz, recite only the memorised portion of her hifz during her periods, so as to not forget it?