Women's Issues

Q: I have been married for 10 years now. My husband had been living in ... for the past 25 years and I joined him here after marriage. When I came here, I discovered that he was involved in a lot of un-Islamic practices like gambling, interest based transactions and such. I, however, try my best to cope with all these, as he is a very nice person aside from all that. However, the major problem I face is in wearing hijab. I grew up in ... wearing niqab but I took it off when I moved to ... (I was lost for a while). I started wearing hijab again five years ago. He doesn't like me wearing it because he says it embarrasses him to be seen with me anywhere he goes. He doesn't take me when he is out with his friends and says we can't do a lot of activities because of my hijab. I take all this, but it has now come to the point where he stops talking to me for days entirely because he is upset about my hijab. I know I can't take it off and I don't want to take it off, but what to do? I don't know any solution for it. From what I have seen, my family and his family will tell me to take it off for peace between me and him. This problem is making me miserable. There are days when I really consider separation. Please help.

Q: Is it permissible to give away jeans to one's non-muslim female worker?

Q: Is there any specific ayah or Hadith that says a woman cannot leave her home wearing make up like lipstick , eyeliner, etc?

Q: Alhamdulillah, we have a 2 year old child. My wife had a Miscarriage almost 10 months back, now she is facing menses day problem so need your kind advise for Ramadan fasting. 

1. Two months back, she found little spot of dirty water (or may be blood) for first 5-6 days and then she faced full menses for another 5-6 days and then again little spot of dirty water for 5-6 days so the total duration was 15-17 days. She wasn’t performing any sort of religious obligation in that duration.
2. Now the same case is going to start, she is finding little spot of dirty water for last 2 days, please let us know if she observe fasting if not then when she can get started.

Q: I was 11 and half weeks pregnant and started brownish spotting. I went to the gynae who couldn't find a heartbeat (they refer to it as a missed miscarriage as I had no symptoms of a miscarriage). Few hours later I had a heavy flow and the next morning went in for a d&c (scraping of the womb) please advise if this is istihaaza?

Q: I would like to know if a women is on the pill and her period is due on a monday, if she bleeds a little on the Thursday before and she knows it's not her period (bleeds just for a few hours) must she break her fast and stop reading namaaz? And if a women takes the pill to stop her bleeding during Ramadhaan and she spots a little must she break her fast? 

Q: My dad passed away on the 19th auguast 2013. We would like to know when my mothers iddat will finish?

Q: My friend was in a relationship with a girl and they committed zina. Then the boy repented and masha allah is praying regularly now. But the girl is contacting him and telling him that she loves him and wants to marry him. What should the boy do?

Q: I am probably in the state of istihaazah but I am bleeding everyday continously for the past 2 months. With Ramadaan coming up I have many questions. Some days my flow is much heavier and some days its just a little, how does this affect my fasts? Please clarify the rules for salaah and reading Quraan as well?

Q: If a woman is given a talaq, is it permissable for her to agree with husband that she spends her iddah at her parents' home instead of the husband's home, because of the enmity that exists between them (her and the husband)?