Q: Can women wearing full abaya, niqab and gloves, drive an electric bike? As otherwise she needs to book a ride everytime to visit a hospital, go for urgent grocery needs, etc. Is it ok Islamically?
Note: she cannot afford to buy a car at this time.
Q: Are women allowed to leave the home and only get back when the husband comes from work?
Q: We know from the hadith that a woman is not allowed to travel at all a distance more than 3 days and 3 nights (78km) without a mahram. But would this prohibition be relaxed in the case where a female has to acquire deeni knowledge?
Example, in her home town there are absolutely no madrasahs. So a girl travels without a mahram for more than the safar distance and then joins a girls' boarding madrasah and lives there. Will this be permissible under the circumstances?
If not allowed: what is the status of her acquiring knowledge, will her ibaadaat be accepted there, etc?
Q: What is the Islamic verdict on family vacation and trips, for example to parks and most isolated places where there is not a lot of people - are only the men allowed to go while the women and girls have to stay at home or can the whole family take the occasional trip/vacation to travel and sightsee?
Q: Will it be in accordance with shariah to tie the khimaar for completing aalima girls?
Is this not similar to the kafir graduations, and a means to developing riyaa?
Q: Is it permissible for a mahram to take a woman to Madinah and she stays there for about 2 months with other women and thereafter he comes back and fetches her?
She won't be going out of her home except going to the Haram etc. to visit the Raudhah and back home.
She won't be staying far from the Haram.
Q: As a woman, is it allowed for me to uncover my hands to eat in a public restaurant, if there are non-mahram men present in the same place but not sitting at my table?
Besides this, can I expose 1-2 fingertips only for mobility when doing shopping and other things outside?
Q: Are women allowed to attend the masjid for 5 times daily salaah with congregation? Just like how in the western countries it's done?
Q: Is horse riding allowed for women?
Q: I am a member of a Musjid committee. My question is about the ladies facility at the Musjid.
Some committee members feel that we must invite the sisters to attend some Musjid programs, especially which take place on special occasions and in Ramadhaan, in the separate ladies facility at the Musjid. There is no intermingling in the Musjid. These programs may also include meals served to them.
Other committee members are of the view that this must be avoided.
Please advise which is the correct policy to adopt in this issue.