Women on Hajj
1,773 questions
Is shaking hands with female relatives who are not mahram due to embarrassment considered persistence in sin, and is the embarrassment that leads one to do it shirk that expels one from the faith, making a rival to Allah?
Is it unlawful for one who adorns veiled brides (with a veil and makeup) to do so, knowing that the wedding is mixed?
Is it permissible for a wife to sit and converse with her husband's brother and the husbands of her husband's sisters?
Will the wife be sinful if she pays the parking spot's rent from her allocated monthly allowance, despite her husband's refusal, knowing that she needs the spot to keep the car safe and to ease the hardship on her in raising the children, especially since the husband sometimes asks her to speak with men on the phone to sort out some matters?
What is the ruling on dealing with a female in a male body, who has both male and female organs, and who expresses admiration for me?
What is the ruling on wearing a wedding dress that exposes the neck and upper chest in front of women only, and is wearing it, despite the transgression, considered a major sin that warrants punishment?
Is ascending in an elevator with elderly women, older women, or female relatives considered an unlawful khalwa (seclusion), and is the ruling of khalwa negated when two women are present?
Is it permissible to photograph a segregated wedding party, and to photograph the wife while fearing her exposure to foreign men? And is the wife sinful if pictures are taken of her surreptitiously? And should she wear the niqab on her wedding night?
What is the way to get rid of masturbation, and is it permissible to practice it at distant intervals, or to watch pornography, and what is the ruling on each of them, and are there specific supplications to quit it or to extinguish desire?
What is the ruling on women going onto the roof of the house in their house clothes with uncovered hair and uncovered hands, and what is the method for dealing with and guiding them?
What is the ruling on Hajj and Umrah in this era, in which people's intentions have differed and diseases have become numerous, and what is the ruling on performing them given the severe overcrowding and mixing between women and men that the questioner observes?
Does the delivery of a baby by a non-Muslim—whether male or female—affect the religion of the newborn and its Islamic فطرة (innate disposition), especially given that they do not pronounce God’s name or mention Him during their actions?
What is the ruling regarding a wife leaving the marital home, her children, and her family, and marrying another man on paper? And what should the first husband do if she returns in such a case?
How is the waiting period (iddah) for a divorced woman calculated if she gives birth a week after the divorce and before she leaves the hospital?
Does it cause me any hardship if my brother's wife is unable to observe complete hijab in front of me, and what is incumbent upon me to do?
Have I erred in not performing istinja' for the light brownish discharge or slight drops of blood, not considered menstruation, before prayer, and in not inspecting my clothes before every prayer? And what is the ruling concerning my previous 'umrahs and my last Hajj if the brownish discharge was occurring and I did not perform istinja' from it?
Is it permissible for a pregnant wife to travel alone by plane, accompanied by a flight attendant, knowing that her family will receive her at the airport?
What is the ruling on women driving cars, given the high number of accidents resulting from their driving, and is there any evidence from the Sunnah regarding this, and what is the ruling on her driving when there is a necessity due to the absence of a mahram?
Are shaving the beard, shaking hands with women, and listening to music not among the major sins, given that they were not mentioned in Al-Dhahabi's Book of Major Sins?
Does a woman who breastfed me constitute a Mahram through fosterage, knowing that she gave birth to her last child four years before I was born, and I saw her breastfeeding another child when I was 18 years old?
What is the ruling on women shaking hands with and kissing non-mahram men at family gatherings, and what is the sin incurred by practicing these customs and traditions that violate Sharia in order to avoid the anger of relatives?
What is the ruling on the menstrual period coming after 17 days with light bleeding for 7 days, then it coming again after 10 days with menstrual symptoms and pains?
Is it permissible for a woman to wear trousers and a blouse, remove her hijab, and apply makeup in a workplace consisting entirely of women, or must she wear an abaya and remove her makeup upon exiting?
Is it permissible for a woman to wear socks with holes, or sheer, or adorned and shiny, or with pictures of women, or hearts, or lips with lipstick, or a Cupid symbol, or a foreign word of unknown meaning, or a foreign or Arabic word with a bad meaning, or a cross, or a Star of David, or short socks that do not cover the ankles, or in a fluorescent color, or with intertwined colors, or colors close to skin tone, or must they be in a dark color to increase concealment and prevent temptation? And is it permissible for her to wear an abaya or a skirt that does not reach the feet, then cover what appears of her shins with socks?