Women on Hajj
1,773 questions
What is the ruling on a committed girl who wears loose-fitting clothes and jilbabs participating in mixed sports activities at the university that require wearing sportswear, performing movements and dances, and involving the task of energizing colleagues? Is it better to be absent from these courses, even if it leads to failing?
What should a husband do with his wife who sent scandalous pictures to a foreign man over the phone, considering her determination to repent and the presence of three children between them?
What is the legal ruling regarding divorcing a cheating wife and depriving her of the gold given to her as a dowry, while giving her another sum of money?
Is obedience to one's mother obligatory in shaking hands with women, given the hadiths that prohibit it?
What is the preponderant interpretation of the exception in the verse: (and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof)? Is it permissible to understand that wearing the abaya is not obligatory if the clothing is loose, neither describing nor transparent? And does the condition that the hijab itself should not be an adornment contradict the exception in the verse?
What is the ruling regarding a female engineer traveling to work a distance of 100 km or more, or a journey that takes four hours with a stay at the work rest area for one week, and is this considered a journey that necessitates the presence of a mahram?
Is the wife of an unknown-lineage brother, whom neither my mother nor any of my female relatives breastfed, considered a stranger to me, and what should I do when visiting them?
Is it permissible for the mother herself to use the child allowance for the two children, or must it be sent to help with the expenses of the two children who are being raised by their aunt?
Is it permissible for young women to participate in reciting Surat Al-Kahf – in an online meeting – in the same circle as young men?
Is it permissible to continue supplicating for a non-Muslim girl, asking for her guidance to Islam, out of fear for her from the Hellfire, knowing that the noble verse says: "Indeed, you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided"? And is it permissible to do anything else, such as giving charity on her behalf?
What is the ruling on looking at the face of a female student who has her hair uncovered when there is a need, and is that permissible? And does the need for education permit committing the forbidden act of looking at the face of a female student who has her hair uncovered?
Is it permissible for a male student to work and study with his female foreign classmate on their graduation project, and what should he do if it is not permissible?
What is the ruling on a man working as a social worker in a social rehabilitation center that targets women and children?
Is it permissible or forbidden for a daughter to wear the hijab at home in front of her father and brother, justifying it with fear of her father?
Is it permissible to go with a male college classmate in the same transportation and on the same route to protect me from friction and harassment, knowing that there is no seclusion (khalwa) and no feelings between us?
What is the ruling on one who says, "I will do such and such, even if it is disbelief and apostasy," knowing that the mentioned action is not disbelief? And does he become a disbeliever by this statement or by his action?
Is it permissible to travel without a mahram to visit an ailing and elderly grandmother, knowing that there will be trustworthy women and a male relative accompanying the journey? And does adopting the view of Ibn Taymiyyah, which permits travel for an act of obedience without a mahram, remove the sin in this situation?
Is it permissible to refrain from shaking hands with non-mahram women, such as paternal aunts' daughters and maternal aunts' daughters, taking into consideration what some exegetes have said regarding the permissibility of touching or shaking hands if it is not done with lustful intent?
Is it true that God will not accept our marriage and will not bless us in it if we marry after what happened between us of sexual practices without penetration, and what must I do for God to forgive me for this sin?
Is it permissible to continue a romantic relationship with a young man who expresses his love and intends to propose to me in the future, while being careful not to fall into forbidden acts, and is this communication considered an act that displeases Allah?
Is the obedience of a mother—who orders her daughter to travel despite knowing the severity of her menstrual pain—included in the parental satisfaction that the daughter must attain?
What are the boundaries of a woman's awrah (intimate parts) in front of other women? What is the permissible attire at home in front of mahram relatives and at a swimming club? Does the hadith "women who are clothed yet naked" apply to this situation?
What is the ruling on a man speaking with a non-mahram woman on the phone in seclusion, continuously and for long conversations, even if it is for advice or to do good?
How can one deal with a 15-year-old boy who sits and mingles with non-mahram women (mother, sisters, his mother and his sister) under the pretext of his young age, and what are the limits of advising in this case?