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  • What Is Lawful When Describing Women

    Can you please explain what kind of speaking about women that permissible and which kind is haram?, I mean like talking about a women's beautiness with my friends, or a women's attitude, or maybe just her general physical descriptions. .. More

  • Wife Going Out with Her Mother or Brother Without Husband’s Permission But He Does Not Object

    If my wife go outside with my mom or her mom/bro to buy her derss or to visit relative wothout informing me though i wont mind for that, will she be sinfull for that? .. More

  • Women Getting Massages and Exposing The Awrah

    In the state of Kerala, there is a practice of women getting post-delivery massages from a qualified woman for around 40 days, around the abdomen and also for the whole body. The awrah is of course uncovered and the one being massaged is dressed very less. I too had these massages after delivery and then again for a few days at a time when I was facing.. More

  • Equality Between Men and Women

    I wanted to ask that, is that true that men are far better then women? as ibn kathir said:because men are superior to women, and men are better than women. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir under Surah Nisa verse 34)Some people say above is not true as Shaykh Ahhmad bin Suleman Ayyub said in Mosuwat Mahasin al Islam wa Radd Shubhaat al Lam vol 10 page 630"Men are.. More

  • A Female Giving a Presentation In Front of Men

    I'm a student to a local Sheikh in my area who does not neccessary follow the majority of jurists. He invited me to the masjid to give a presentation. In the masjid, he made sure that there was a barrier between the men and women. However, when I gave my presentation, I was presenting in front of the men. Most of the men are in their middle age. I looked.. More

  • A Suitor Who Does Not Meet Her Expectations

    There is a guy that is asking to marry me, he is good in general and my parent accept him because they're afraid no one better is coming. The problem is I don't feel comfortable, to be specific i feel very uncomfortable for many reasons that i cant even express, I made a lot of prayers but that feeling only became more vivid. I tried to ignore the fact.. More

  • Women Must Learn Obligatory Knowledge

    Assalamu alaikum shaikh, some people claim that "woman should not be allowed to study the deen past the point of basic knowledge, for fear she will use her knowledge against her husband." Can you kindly clarify has it any basis ? are women not allowed to learn about her Islamic rights ? Allah grants women those rights but many men(whether he is husband,father.. More

  • Uncovering Her Face in front of Witnesses

    it is better for the women who is going to marry to uncover the face for the witnesses when doing the nikaah or to keep the face covered? .. More

  • Whispers Regarding Vaginal Discharges

    Assalamu Alaikum, I have a confusing question regarding the 'moisture' emitted by a woman. I do not see any discharge of any colour and sometimes my undergarments don't even feel wet. However some time after wearing the undergarments, there's a smell on them that feels a bit like urine (but I don't suffer from urine incontinency). I am confused as to.. More

  • Woman going to more places than she took permission to go to from husband/guardian

    Shaykh, if a woman takes permission from her guardian (father/husband) to go to her female friend's house, and her guardian gives permission, and so she went there, but she also goes to the market/other place to buy things/other halal purpose, so if she seeks permission to go to one place but also goes to other places besides the main places to fulfill.. More

  • Women may write books and diaries

    1) Is it permissible or not for women to write and publish beneficial books on religious and other permissible subjects and topics which include fiction (poems, stories) and non-fiction (research, education, biography, etc.)? Is the writing of women considered ‘Awrah (what should be covered of the body)? If her writing (books) are read by non-Mahram.. More

  • How women should walk in the streets

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi, Shaykh. What is the correct way of walking for women according to the Sunnah? For men, it is to walk briskly (fast), so what about women? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Girl going to market to buy books

    Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykhs. I am a woman. It is my hobby to read good books. I like to read physical books and I also like to read on the internet. The markets of our country are not free from free-mixing. I do not frequently go out from the home for an unnecessary reason. Can I go to bookstores in order to buy good books while wearing a proper hijab,.. More

  • Mandatory military service for women in a non-Muslim country

    I am a Muslim woman who lives in a non-Muslim country. Here in our country, when you finish your highschoolstudies, you have to take the military course before you join a college. In the military course, you are not allowed to wear the hijab. The place is about 300km from my city, and you have to stay there for a year. Of course, it is a mixed environment... More

  • Women may go to public bath in certain cases

    I have read on another website that ʻAa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her,went to a public bath due to her illness. 1. What is a public bath? 2. Are women allowed to take a public bath, and why? .. More