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 45 of 72
- Mufti Online18 Feb 2016
Where should a woman look in Salaah
From your book I understood that before and during first takbeer, a woman must look in front of her and only bend her head to look at sajda after…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam17 Feb 2016
Is a man allowed to force a women to wear burqa ?
Is a man allowed to force a women to wear burqa ?
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed - Ask Imaam17 Feb 2016
Can we shake old women’s hand?
How can we meet old women,can we shake hands with old women?
Jibran Kadarkhan - Mufti Online16 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
1. How women must lift her hands during the first takbeer – close to the middle section of her bosom or close to the area near armpits where bosom…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
I read your book about women's salah, may Allah bless you for your work, ameen. Some moments I didn’t understand. Could you please explain them to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Feb 2016
Iddat for a woman whose husband went missing
Husband of a woman is missing since a few months. Later she came to know that he has been killed but there is no proof that he has being killed.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN16 Feb 2016
Inheritance of an unborn child
My husband passed away and I am pregnant. Does my unborn child inherit from my husband’s estate?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Mufti Online15 Feb 2016
Breastfeeding
We would like your advice on the following: My wife had a very difficult birth and after that she had to have a ceaser and a hysterectomy, so we…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Feb 2016
Performing Salaah with artificial jewellery or makeup
My question is about if someone wearing artificial jewellery or makeup and pray with it so prayer would be valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Feb 2016
Different colour discharges during haidh
Is it correct that even if a woman has different color discharges during her normal days (normal discharges) she still has to wait 10 days of her…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN15 Feb 2016
Being intimate during haidh accidentally
Now my wife is not pure because Is she need to take bath for Janabath for the above condtion (Question-1) or she can take bath after 7 days. Please…
Ahmad Jafari - Jamiat KZN12 Feb 2016
Stepfather a Mahram to his stepdaughters?
I was divorced and I remarried. I have one son from my second wife. My second wife has two daughters from her previous marriage. One is 18 and the…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Ask Imaam11 Feb 2016
Menstruation question
I don't know when my period ends and when to make ghusl. My period s noticeable and red for the first 7 days, after which it turns into a yellowish…
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim - Mufti Online11 Feb 2016
Male doctor administering an injection to a female patient
Can a female patient can take injection of anthozia on her back from a male doctor, remove her half shirt and take it on the body?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN10 Feb 2016
Can I read the Manzil during Haidh?
MashaAllah for the work you do, May Allah (s.w.t) accept it. My question was regarding the manzil. Are women allowed to read the manzil when they…
Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz - Ask Imaam9 Feb 2016
Can I read the Manzil during Haidh?
MashaAllah for the work you do, May Allah (s.w.t) accept it. My question was regarding the manzil. Are women allowed to read the manzil when they…
Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz - Mufti Online9 Feb 2016
Marrying one's cousin's daughter
I want to ask, my family is fixing my marriage with my cousin's daughter. Can I do so because some of my friends said she is your niece, you cannot…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Feb 2016
On which finger should a women wear a ring
In Shari'ah, is there any specific finger for a female to wear a ring?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
I read here that women in ruku must touch her knees only by the tips of her fingers and in sajda has to touch ground with her elbows and has to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Feb 2016
Women reciting softly in Salaah
Is it correct the way I make my salaah? I am a female. In fardh salah I read loud, but not that someone in the room can hear me clearly, it’s almost…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Feb 2016
Observing purdah
I started practising purdah since marriage and encouragement from my wife. As a result my female cousins and their parents have taken offence and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2016
Weaning of the child due to pregnancy
I have a one year five month old son who eats solids and drinks breast milk at times. I want to wean him off from breast feeding as I am three…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2016
Performing Salaah in a car
My wife and I do a lot of travelling by car. A lot of times the distances we drive are over 90km. Due to this, sometimes we have to pray on the side…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN4 Feb 2016
Does reciting the Quran benefit the baby in the womb?
When I fell pregnant with my little one, the Moulana advised my husband and I to read as much Quraan as possible to the baby in the womb. Now that…
Zakir Husain - Mufti Online3 Feb 2016
Is applying mehndi sunnah for women
Is it sunnah for women to wear mehndi? On both skin and nails?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Feb 2016
Women going out to work
I am a married woman having a 16 month baby. My father wants me to do job in an English medium Muslim school. But I don't want to do the job as the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN1 Feb 2016
Son-in-law as a Mahram
I am a mother and my daughter will be going for Umrah with my son-law. My mother and I want to go for Umrah with them too. Can my son-in-law be a…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Mufti Online31 Jan 2016
Different colour bleeding in haidh
If a woman is nearly finishing her period but still brown colour is coming out, if her husband makes jima' with her, is it permissible or not?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Jan 2016
Different colour discharges during haidh
My question is the following: When I embraced Islam I was explained that end of the period is when you see no more reddish discharges. Then after…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2016
Wearing Hijaab
I live in Norway and go to school there. I have worn the hijab for about 5 years now. Some days are easier then others and I feel the hijab is the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam26 Jan 2016
Ghusl after child birth
I am pregnant right now. Please advice me on how to perform ghusl after child brith. Also the dua to pray and any additional prayer or namaz i…
Syed Haneef Ahmed - Mufti Online25 Jan 2016
The iddat period of a woman whose husband passed away
My father passed away on the third of Zul Hijjah. When will my mother's iddat period terminate?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN22 Jan 2016
Second Wife
My husband said he divorced me one time. About two months later he came to visit my city and we had relations. That nullifies the utterance of…
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed - Ask Imaam21 Jan 2016
My husband married a second wife. How can he share his time equally?
My husband said he divorced me one time. About two months later he came to visit my city and we had relations. That nullifies the utterance of…
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed - Jamiat KZN18 Jan 2016
Can I be someones ‘second’ secret wife?
I have recently reverted to Islam. There is a man who is interested in me and wants to make me his second wife. i agreed to it but now he says he…
- Ask Imaam14 Jan 2016
Wife called me Kafir
Aswrwb, my wife called me a kaafir... does that break my nikah..???
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim - Jamiat KZN11 Jan 2016
Revocable Divorce
My question is regarding revocable divorce. If a man issues one divorce to his wife, and they reconcile before the end of iddah period, is that…
- Mufti Online5 Jan 2016
Observing purda with one's sister in-law
I am a Muslim sister who wears hijab and I try my best to practise my faith in the best way I can. I am married but due to circumstances surrounding…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Jan 2016
Observing purda from one's step mother's brothers
Does a woman observe purda from her step mother's brothers and other male relatives?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Jan 2016
Women cutting their hair
I have a question about hair cuts for women. I have seen a similar question on your site but decided to send mine anyway as I have some other…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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