Family, Women & Children · Subtopic
Women’s Issues & Work
2,848 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Women’s Issues & Work, part of Family, Women & Children. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Women’s Issues & Work fatawa — page 28 of 72
- Mufti Online3 Apr 2018
Marrying one's first cousin
I'm really worried and need advice on the matter of first cousin marriages. 1. What is the Islamic view on the matter? Should I be worried about the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Apr 2018
Spotting after abortion
I have questions related to Islamic activities like prayer, reciting Quran and fasting, sexual relations, etc. My wife was pregnant for 2 month's…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Mar 2018
Whitish discharge after haidh
I am unsure of how to count my period days as, usually, even when I am not bleeding or on my period I have a small amount (the size of a two rand…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Mar 2018
Woman covering her head in the presence of other women
On my wedding day I wore a maxi dress which was black in colour. I made up myself in a pleasant manner. But I didn't use a veil to cover my head or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Mar 2018
Does an adulteress have to marry an adulterer?
I love a Muslim girl and wanted to marry her but she commited zina previously with someone else and she repented for that sin. Her argument is that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Mar 2018
Bleeding for less than three days
If a lady has periods for only 1-2 days and then her bleeding stops... Should she take bath after 3-4 days or should wait for 7 days?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Mar 2018
Intimacy with one's wife after nifaas
My wife is passing through the period of nifas (the blood which comes after the birth). She stopped bleeding before the completion of 40 days and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Mar 2018
Performing Umrah after haidh has ended
Can I do umrah after 4 days of periods. My bleeding has stopped so can I do umrah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Mar 2018
Difference in salaah of men and women
Do men and women offer prayer similarly especially sajdah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Mar 2018
Marrying a divorced woman
I want to marry a divorced girl and she has one daughter also. After marriage her parents will adopt the kid. As per that girl, her family will not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Mar 2018
Wearing colourful scarfs
Is it permissible for woman in parda to wear another type of cloth except only black. Example wearing a pink kimar and black veil.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Mar 2018
Fear of wearing niqaab
I live in America and I really want to wear the niqab but my mother and father say not to because of the atmosphere in America nowadays. What should…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Mar 2018
Women working
Are women allowed to work and are they allowed to work night shift?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Mar 2018
Who should a woman observe purdah from?
1. I cover my face with niqaab and I am married also. I would like to know who can see me and who can I go in front of without covering my face. 2.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Mar 2018
Women going to non-Muslim female doctors
I dont understand - you say that a female should go to a female doctor, yet you firmly discourage especially females to study - isnt this double…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Mar 2018
Wearing the latest style abaayas and niqaabs
Im 24 years old. I cover my face with niqaab. That means I wear abaya and cover my face when I go out. I use a normal, usual and black face cover to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Mar 2018
Bleeding many days after spotting
A girl spotted on the 6th of March, Tuesday, at 2:00 PM. Then only on Thursday the 15th of March at 9:00 PM she started bleeding. Does all the days…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Mar 2018
Women wearing men's clothing
Would it be permissible for ladies to wear: 1. Sweatpants that are meant originally for men but if one is wearing it one would not be able to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN15 Mar 2018
Can women treat men?
I have a question about my profession. I am not sure if it is unacceptable islamically. I am a dermal and laser expert. I offer treatments like…
- Jamiat KZN14 Mar 2018
I’m married but continue to lust after women. What can I do?
Unfortunately, although I am married I still commit zina by watching videos online and looking at non mahram women daily in real life, with lust and…
Mufti Sohail ibn Arif - Ask Imaam13 Mar 2018
I'm married but continue to lust after women. What can I do?
Unfortunately, although I am married I still commit zina by watching videos online and looking at non mahram women daily in real life, with lust and…
Mufti Sohail ibn Arif - Jamiat KZN13 Mar 2018
Experiencing Haidh (Menstruation) in the State of Ihraam
At the moment, Im in Makkah Mukarramah. I passed the Miqaat and I am in the state of Ihraam. If I experience my Haidh in the state of Ihraam, what…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online12 Mar 2018
Clothing guidelines for females
1. All the cloth material of my clothes are such that when sunlight passes through them, or if in the light of my room itself if I stand in certain…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Mar 2018
Beautifying oneself at home
I know that changing the creation of Allah Ta'ala is haraam, but I want to ensure one thing that if I beautify myself at home will it be haraam? My…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Mar 2018
Women listening to the voices of na-mahram men
As we undertand, men should not hear the voice of a na-mahram woman. How about hearing na-mahram men’s voices by women?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
Blood not flowing for few days during one's haidh
Does a woman have to pray during the periods of dryness during the beginning of her menses? For example, a woman who normally has a heavy period…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
Yellow discharge after haidh
I am a female who normally has both yellow and white vaginal discharge. Scientifically, from what I read, yellow discharge can be a normal discharge…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
Coloured discharge after haidh
I have a few questions regarding figuring out the end of my period. For the last 10 years, I had been relying on the opinion that once there has…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
Woman in haidh attending tafseer classes in a musalla
Can a menstuating women attend Tafseer classes held in a Musalla? The Musalla is in a block of flats and all five daily Salaahs are performed…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
Irregular bleeding
If a woman got her haidh on the 10th of Feb and it ended on the 15th but it was not how she usually experiences her haidh. On the 12th day of her…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Mar 2018
Women wearing gloves
Should I cover my hands with gloves? I am not comfortable with it because my palm get hot and sweaty which makes me irritated. I also dont have any…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN9 Mar 2018
Staying with husband after divorce
As salamu alaikum. If a women is irrevocably divorced but still living with her husband in the same house does it make the women’s prayers invalid?…
Mirza Mahmood Baig - Mufti Online8 Mar 2018Roman Urdu
Haiz ko band karne ki goli khana
Humari ik larki jo Quran hifz kar rahi he usko mahwari haiz aata hy, ik goli (tablet) milta hy jis se haiz aana band hojata he, sawal ye he ke isme…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Mar 2018
Coloured discharge after haidh
I have a few questions regarding figuring out the end of my period. For the last 10 years, I had been relying on the opinion that once there has…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Mar 2018Arabic
Female going to a male doctor
والطبيب إنما يجوز له ذلك إذا لم يوجد امرأة طبيبة فلو وجدت فلا يجوز له أن ينظر لأن نظر الجنس إلى الجنس أخف وينبغي للطبيب أن يعلم امرأة إن أمكن وإن لم…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Mar 2018
Woman performing umrah while bleeding
I have fibroide in my uterus due to which my bleeding is not stopping. I am going for Umrah soon. This condition happened after we booked…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Mar 2018
Marrying a Christian woman
I am from India, non-Islamic country. I love a Christian woman. She is chaste and religiously righteous (prays daily, neither eat pork nor do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Mar 2018
Informing male relatives about one's haidh
Can a women publicly inform her father, son, husband, brother and other close male relatived about her menstruation so they can bring her sanitary…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Mar 2018
Interaction between males and females in a maktab
In an Islamic after-school madrasah, boys and girls come to learn how to read the Quran and other essentials of Deen. Male teachers are appointed to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam4 Mar 2018
Can women wear the clothing of men/ Tashabbu Bir-Rijaal
What is classified as tashabbuh bir rijaal for women? If a woman had to wear clothes, which are used by women and men, what is the ruling? (Eg.…
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