Is it permissible to correspond with a non-Muslim woman, with the request that men not be informed of the messages, knowing that this might happen after her death? Is a woman's handwriting considered 'awrah? Are these questions considered extremism in religion?

A Muslim woman corresponding with a non-Muslim woman falls into three categories:

1. If the purpose is to introduce Islam to the non-Muslim woman and invite her to it, and it is free from anything objectionable, then this is one of the best deeds.

2. If it involves or leads to something objectionable, then it is forbidden, such as fearing religious temptation (fitna), or sending pictures of the Muslim woman (because her awrah before a non-Muslim woman is like her awrah before a non-mahram man according to the majority of scholars), or if it leads to forbidden affection for non-believers.

3. If it involves neither a شرعي (religiously مطلوب) purpose nor something objectionable, then it is permissible, because the basic principle concerning things is permissibility.

A woman's handwriting is not considered awrah, nor is asking about a religious ruling considered extremism if it is for the purpose of seeking knowledge and desiring compliance.