Fatawas [Islamic Rulings] Regarding Women
(Most Fatawas are General to Men too)

The Muslim Students' Association at University of Houston

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Contents


• Translator's Introduction
• Publisher's Note
• Biographies
• What Negates One's Islam
• Hypocrisy is of Two Types
  

1- Questions Related to Aqidah (Faith)


• Celebrating Birthdays
• How Does One Behave Toward Non-Praying Relative
• About Hiring a Non-Muslim Maid
• Putting Animal's Skin Upon a Baby's Stomach
• Putting a Knife On a Child
• Hanging and Possessing Pictures
• Papers that Contain Name of Allah
• Crying Due to Illness
• Picture Making
• Wishing for Death Due to Harm
• Mixing with the Disbelievers
• Reward for Women in Paradise
• Purity and Ostentation
• Celebrating Mother's Day
  

2 - Questions Related to Knowledge


• Women and Seeking of Knowledge
• Students Standing for Their Teachers
• Female Teachers for Boys
  

3 - Questions Related to Physical Purification

• Stating One's Intention is Innovation
• A Baby Vomits on Clothing
• If a Woman Washes Her Baby, Is Her Ablution Nullified?
• Ruling About Secretion that Comes from Vagina
• Doubt with Respect to Ablution
• How to Wash After Sexual Defilement and Menses
• Praying in a Dress and Thin, Translucent Stockings
• Wiping Over Thin, Translucent Socks
• A slight Tear in Socks is Overlooked
• Ruling Concerning Vaginal Discharge
• Changing the Baby's Diapers Does Not Nullify Ablution
• Kissing Does Not Nullify Ablution
• She Must Make Ghusl
  

4 - Questions Related to Menstruation & Post Partum Bleeding




• Using Pills that Prevent Menstruation
• Discontinuation of Bleeding During Menses
• Drops of Blood After Making Ghusl
• If a Woman Ends Her Menses Before Sunset
• Menstruating Woman Cleaning Herself From Urine
• Getting Menses While in Mosque
• Permission for a Menstruating Woman to Recite the Qur'an
• Ruling Concerning a Miscarriage
• Discharge of Blood Before Birth
• Meaning of the Word Quru'
• If Menses Continue for More Than Normal Length
• Miscarriage in the Third Month of Pregnancy
• Prayer of a Menstruating Woman
  

5- Questions Related to Prayer


• One Who Does Not Pray
• Women Praying Without Hijab
• Devilish Prompting in Prayer
• Doorbell Rings While Praying
• Woman Following Imam in Her House
• No Harm in Reading from a Copy of Our' an During Thahjjud
• Raising Hands During Witr Prayer
• Performed Witr Then Got Up in the Night
• Doubt During the Prayer
• Delaying the Isha Prayer
• Devilish Whispers During Prayer
• One Who Sleeps Through the Time of Prayer
• Iqama for Women
• Unfounded Prayers
• Interrupting One's Prayer
• Labor Pains and Prayer
• Is it Necessary to Make Up for the Missed Prayers
• Labor Pains are Expiation of Sins
• Wearing Forbidden Clothing Could Invalidate One's Prayer
  

6- Questions Related to Funerals


• No Harm in Husband Washing His Wife's Body
• Post-Burial Gathering
• No Particular Day for Condolences
• Wailing Over the Dead
  
  

7- Questions Related to Zakat


• Zakat on Jewelry with Stone Inlays
• Gold Sold Before Zakat Paid On It
• Can A Husband Pay Zakat for His Wife? Can Zakat be Given to One's Nephew?
• No Harm in Paying Zakat to One's Poor Husband
• Giving Zakat to One's Mother...
• No Zakat on Household Utensils

8- Questions Regarding Hajj and Umrah

 

• Menses Came Before She Made Umrah
• One is Not Obliged to Perform Hajj Without Mahram
• Women Enter the Ihram in any Clothing They Wish
• Changing the Clothing of Ihram
• Hajj of a Menstruating Woman
• Entering the Ihram While Menstruating
• Waiting Until She Becomes Pure


9- Questions Related to Marriage


• Birth Control
• Appropriate Age for Marriage
• Marriage Comes First
• Young Lady is Not to be Forced
• A Religious Young Man's Proposal refused by Mother
• One Should Not Marry a Sluggish in Congregational Prayer
• Christian Man Marrying Muslim Woman
• Condition that Must be Fulfilled
• Having Wedding Parties in Hotels
• Women Attending Wedding and Birthday Parties
• Dower is the Right of Woman
• Concerning Polygamy
• No Contradiction in Verses Regarding Polygamy
• A Woman looking at Men
• Women looking at Non-Mahram
• Correspondence between Young Men and Women is Not Allowed
• A Horrendous Crime
• One Should Not Burden His Wife
• Wedding Procession with the Bride and the Groom Together
• Muslim Woman Not to be Wed to a Disbeliever
• Marriage from Distant or Not-Relatives is Preferred
• Marriage with the Intention of Divorcing
• Marriage with the Greatest Blessings
• Choosing a Husband
• Relations Before Marriage
• Coitus Intermptus with the Permission of the Wife
• Remaining with a Husband who Does Not Pray
• Missing Husband has Right of Option
• No Limit to What May be Seen
• Young Lady Refusing Marriage
• Marriage Contract during Menstruation
• Ruling Concerning Anal Intercourse
• Shaking Hands with Non-Related Woman
• Advice to "Old Maids"
• Family Driver and Women
• Correspondence between Opposite Sexes
• Brother-in-Law is Not Mahram
• Speaking to Women on Phone

10- Questions Related to Relations Between the Spouses


• Husband Not Concerned with Wife
• Husband Does Not Treat Well
• Husband Curses and Abuse
• A Woman takes Money from Her Husband without His Knowledge
• Obedience is Only in What is Right
• If a Woman Advised Her Husband
• If Husband is Addicted to Smoking
• If a Wife Prevents Her Husband
  

11- Questions Related to Breast-Feeding


• Breast-Feeding After Menopause
• Relations from Breast-Feeding
  

12- Questions Related to Divorce


• Asking for Divorce Due to Need
• Impotence Permits One to Seek Divorce
• I Want Him to Divorce Me
• Divorcing a Menstruating Woman
  

13- Questions Related to the Waiting Period (Iddah) and Mourning


• What Must the Mourning Widow Abide By
• Wearing a Watch During the Mourning Period
• Mourning Period of a Pregnant Widow
• Does the Elderly Woman Mourn?
• Continuance of Studies During Mourning Period
• If Husband Dies Before Consummation
  

14- Questions Related to Oaths and Vows


• Not having ability to Fulfill the Vow
• Delaying the Expiation for a Broken Oath
• But I Ate From It
• Making a Vow is Disliked
• Changing the Direction of One's Vow

15- Questions Related to Injurious Crimes


• No Expiation Upon Her
• She Was Unaware
  

16- Questions Related to Hijab Dress and Adornment


• Uncovering Face in Front of Husband's Relatives A Boy Sleeping with Mother or Sister
• Not allowed for a Woman to Shake Hands With a Non-Mahram
• Ridiculing a Woman for Wearing Hijab
• Hijab of a Young Girl
• Hijab of an Elderly Woman
• Hijab of a Female Servant
• Hijab in Front of Non-Muslim Women
• No Hijab in Presence of Son-in-Law
• Woman Riding with a Non-Mahram Chauffeur
• A Woman Not a Mahram for Another
• Wearing Anklets
• A Woman Cutting Her Hair
• Wearing a Wig
• Shortening Eyebrows, Letting Fingernails Grow and Using Nail Polish
• Circular Shaped Gold Jewelry
• High-Heeled Shoes
• Women Using Incense
• Allah is Beautiful and Loves Beauty
• No Harm in Presence of a Blind Man
• A Muslim Woman May Uncover Her Hair in front of Non-Muslim Women
• Wearing a Face Veil
• Wife of the Maternal Uncle is Not Mahram
• Wearing Light Colored Clothing and Wearing Short Dresses
• Fear Allah as Much as You are Able
• Wearing Gloves
• Short Dresses for Young Children
• Uncovering the Hand and Foot
• Buying and Possessing Fashion Magazines
• The Islamic Hijab
• Wearing Ankle Bracelets
• Removing the Headcovering
• Make Your Wife Stick to the Verse
• Independent Living Quarters
• In Front of Husband's "Foster Father"
• Wearing Nose rings
• Wearing Wigs
• Great Uncles are Mahram
• Not to Obey Such Rulers
  

17- Questions Related to Being Dutiful to One's Parents


• That Prayer is Not Accepted
• My Mother Treats Me like a Child
• My Mother Died While She Was Angry With Me

18- Questions Related to Supplications (Du'a)




• Supplicated but Was Not Responded
• Supplication Against One's Children
  

19- Questions of a Miscellaneous Nature




• Women Having Shortcoming in Reasoning and Religion
• No Harm in Truthful Joking
• Hadith of the Seven
• Women Driving Automobiles
• Women Working Alongside Men.
• Woman with Her Alcoholic Husband
• Producing, Distributing and Buying Deviant Magazines
• Must Order What is Good Even if
• Exchanging Old Gold for New
• Sins and Effacing of Blessings
• Voice of a Woman
• Leaving House without Husband's Permission
• A Forbidden Gift
• Keeping a Dog in the House
• Seeing the Deceased in a Dream
• Buying Magazines
• Plastic Surgery
• A Wife Taking from Husband's Wealth
• Removing Uncommon Hairs from Face
• Hair Gathered on Top of Head
• That Deed is Not Allowed
• Worse People are the Two-Faced
• Giving Preference to Some Children
• Removing Extra Teeth
• Beating Students
• Burying One's Nails and Hairs
• Reading Qur'an without Knowing its Meaning
• An Invalid Bequeath
• Women Attending Educational Meetings
• Suicide
• Permissible Work for a Woman
• Light Sporting Between Spouses
• Wealth and Dower of a Wife
• Looking at Pictures of Women
• Listening to Music and Watching Depraved Shows
• Not Allowed to Shake Hands Even if Wearing Gloves
• Voluntary Fasts Not Proper Before Making Up for Missed Ones
• Not Allowed for a Husband to Spend Wife's Wealth
• Shall I Serve My Father-in-Law?
• Cheating On Scientific/Secular Exams
• Cutting One's Hair
• Harshness of Illness Removes Sins
• To Use Eggs, Honey and Milk to Cure
• Applauding and Whistling
• Not Allowed to Cheat on Exams
• Ridiculing Teachers and Giving Them Nicknames
• Not Allowed for a Teacher to Cheat a Student
• She Did Well But Did Wrong
• Perhaps You Dislike Something
  

  Glossary
  

  Translator's References

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