Women's Issues

Q: Can my wife travel overseas with her 2 small kids but without me? She wears the headscarf when she travels and dresses modestly. Can she drive around and work? She dresses modestly to work.

Q: Is it permissible for a woman to apply roll on (underarm) when leaving her home this is done for personal hygiene and so that she does not cause discomfort to her husband?

Q: What is the status of wearing niqaab in Islam? If a man knows that he will save himself from falling into sin, does he still have to observe purdah from women?

Q: My sister has joined the muslim students association at natal university. They are having a national camp in Johannesburg were they will be staying for 2 nights. Boys and girls are attending. She says she will be learning about Islam etc. so it will be a good thing and she has to go for it. What can I tell her?

Q: My wife wants to know if she can cut/clip her nails while she is in haidh? Sumone told her that she can't, but what if they are now long and ugly lookin and she does'nt like that? They are now starting to chip.

Q: What is the status of women going out in masatooraat jamaat and girls attending girls’ madrasahs? 

Q: What are the different iddat periods for women, in the case of divorce or demise of her spouse?

Q: What is the Shar’i ruling if the husband divorced his wife immediately after the Nikah before spending any time with her in privacy?

Q: What is the iddat period for a woman whose husband passed away before consummating the Nikah?

Q: How far a woman can travel by herself? Since now a day everyone has driving license and this American society makes everyone travel a lot of miles every day. What if two or more women traveling together by themselves and if someone has a male non adult mehram with her, does that fulfill the requirement for all or all of them are supposed to have a mehram with them?