Family, Women & Children · Subtopic
Women’s Issues & Work
2,832 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Women’s Issues & Work, part of Family, Women & Children. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Women’s Issues & Work fatawa — page 2 of 71
- Camperdown2 Feb 2026
Why do females have to wear hijab
Assalamualaikum Wwrb. Why do females have to were hijab? Sister in Islam
Khalil Tatarstani - Mufti Online26 Jan 2026
Dressing of a woman when coming before other women
To what extent do women have to lower their gaze with and towards other women if they do (when there’s no fitnah)? I know that you can’t see from…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Jan 2026
Iddat of a Shaafi woman who does not experience haidh
I have a query about the giving of property. About 2 years ago, we came to know that my father had taken a second wife, in secret. This nikah had…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Jan 2026
Woman leaving her home without a mahram
Are women allowed to leave the home and only get back when the husband comes from work?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Jan 2026
Women wearing colourful clothing within the home
What falls under attractive colours for women's clothing, with examples? Is any colour fine as long as they're dark? Example, darker shades of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Jan 2026
Qadha salaah of a pregnant woman who thought her bleeding was haidh
My haidh was delayed by 7 days - I bled on the 8th for one day - and since then there has been no bleeding and discharge is clear - it's a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Jan 2026
Girls going to university
Is studying after matric halaal for girls at a university?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2026
Girl travelling without a mahram to acquire deeni knowledge
We know from the hadith that a woman is not allowed to travel at all a distance more than 3 days and 3 nights (78km) without a mahram. But would…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Dec 2025
Widow in iddat meeting her niece's husband
Can a widow in iddat meet her niece's husband?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Dec 2025
Haidh commencing from the first sight of blood
Do women need to repeat the prayers prayed in between blood? If on Tuesday 3pm she sees some slight red spots, and then clear for the rest of the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Dec 2025
Wearing a niqaab in the state of ihraam
Myself and my family will be going for umrah in March In Sha Allah. I am in niqaab and I wanted to find out the ruling if I can keep my niqaab on…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Dec 2025
Getting haidh during a salaah time
Isha began around 5:40pm today and I started my period around 7:45pm. I hadn’t prayed Isha yet as sometimes I just want to delay it. Do I have to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Dec 2025
Family vacation and trips
What is the Islamic verdict on family vacation and trips, for example to parks and most isolated places where there is not a lot of people - are…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Camperdown16 Dec 2025
Bleeding After a 3-Week Miscarriage
A lady recently had a miscarriage of a fetus that was 3 weeks old. Will the blood that she is seeing now be considered nifās?
Rukunuddin Bin Jahangir - Mufti Online14 Dec 2025
Tying the khimaar for girls completing aalima course
Will it be in accordance with shariah to tie the khimaar for completing aalima girls? Is this not similar to the kafir graduations, and a means to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN11 Dec 2025
Why must a woman travel with a Mahram
What is the reason behind the requirement for a woman to travel with a mahram?
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Camperdown3 Dec 2025
The Two Rakaats of Tawaaf
1. For the 2 Rakaat after the Tawaaf, with what intention should it be performed: is it Waajib or Nafl? 2. If the Tawaaf finishes in a time that is…
Azhar Mownah - Mufti Online27 Nov 2025
Wife spending her iddat at the husband's house after divorce
If a divorce is given, does the wife have to leave the husband's house?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Nov 2025
Woman making qadha of a nafl fast broken due to haidh
If a woman kept a nafl fast and her haidh came during the day, will she have to make qadha of that fast?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Woman living without a mahram in a foreign land
Is it permissible for a mahram to take a woman to Madinah and she stays there for about 2 months with other women and thereafter he comes back and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN13 Nov 2025
Status of a Salaah if a woman’s hair is exposed
What is the ruling if a few strands of a woman’s hair become exposed during Salaah?
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Jamiat KZN11 Nov 2025
Am I Entitled to Keep a Car My Ex-Husband Gave Me as a Gift?
Can my ex-husband take back a car he gifted me while we were married? He bought the car for me and gifted it to me during our marriage under finance…
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Mufti Online10 Nov 2025
Writing Durood Shareef in the state of haidh
Can a woman in haidh write Durood Shareef in the books provided to write, as it has the name of Allah in Arabic and I would end up touching the word…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Nov 2025
Nafaqah for a woman who was divorced after cheating on her husband
If a woman cheats on her husband, and this leads to a divorce, does he still have to provide nafaqah during her iddat?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood30 Oct 2025
Muslim Females On The Flotilla
Please provide an Islamic perspective on the Sumud Flotilla that embarked to Palestine. Although it appears that it was based on commendable…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online29 Oct 2025
Using the name of Hazrat Khadeejah (radhiyallahu anha) to promote feminism
In regards to the fitna of feminism arising, many of our Muslim women have fallen for this wherein if you try to advise them that university and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Oct 2025
Woman in iddat using anything with a scent or perfume smell
Can a woman in iddat use baby powder? Can she use deodorant? Can she use soap?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Oct 2025
Sunni girl marrying an Ismaili boy
Is nikaah between a Sunni girl and an Ismaili boy valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Oct 2025
Marrying a girl from a Qaadiyaani family
I like a girl that girl belongs to a Qadiyani family but she is a Muslim herself as she has claimed and even recited the kalima in front of me to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Oct 2025
Woman's niqaab cap touching her face in the state of ihraam
A woman wears a niqaab cap in the state of ihraam. Due to wind, the niqaab ends up unintentionally touching her face a number of times every day (it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN21 Oct 2025
Time-Frame for removing Pubic hairs
How often should a woman trim the hair under her arms and in the pubic area? Is it every 40 days or after each menstruation when Fardh ghusl is…
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Ask Imaam20 Oct 2025
Is wearing the Niqab/Pardah Fardh or Sunnah?
Assalamu Alaikum Respected Mufti Saheb. I would like Mufti Saheb to please respond to this. A few girls were told about the obligation of covering…
Mahmood Suliman - Ask Imaam19 Oct 2025
is it permissible to have a plastic surgery or breast surgery?
Me and some friends had a discussion on the issue of; is it permissible to have a plastic surgery or breast surgery? So few friends maintain the…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam18 Oct 2025
Is the earning of a makeup artist Halaal?
Is the earning of a makeup artist halal ?
Ikraam Elias Gangat - Ask Imaam17 Oct 2025
Females Online Teaching
Some Females in our soceity forming WhatsApp Group for Quranic Tajweed, The one is Qaaria (Teacher) who listen all females tajweed and will correct…
M. Akhtar - Jamiat KZN14 Oct 2025
The implications of breastfeeding
If my sister’s 1-month-old daughter drank a few drops of my breast milk, would that be sufficient for her to be considered my milk daughter (radaa’i…
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Ibn Masood8 Oct 2025
Women Carrying Walking Sticks
Would it be encouraged for a woman who is 26 years of age, to carry a walking stick in emulation of the Sunnah?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ask Imaam6 Oct 2025
Am i allowed to become a gynaecologist?
I am a teenage muslim girl and i have a few questions. 1) am i allowed to become a gynaecologist as i would like to be a doctor and 2) i have been…
Mahmood Suliman - Ask Imaam29 Sep 2025
I heard that it is not obligatory for a Muslim woman to perform her prayers at the Mosque. Does this include Jumuah (Friday) prayers?
A male should perform his Salaat with Jamaat in the Masjid. Salaat with Jamaat in the Masjid is 25 times superior than Salaat performed at home. The…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Mufti Online23 Sep 2025
Woman performing salaah in the hotel while in umrah
1. If a female traveler reads salaah in the hotel in Makkah/Madinah, does she read qasr? 2. Does a female receive the same reward as men (100000) if…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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