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Women’s Issues & Work
2,848 fatawa from 9 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 72
- Mufti Online6 Apr 2026
Calculating haidh from the time of the first discharge
A woman was fasting and at Zuhr time she notices discharge. The discharge does look clear but it's more inclined to brownish colour. So she doesn't…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood3 Mar 2026
Females Studying In Mixed Environments
I have recently read about the Islamic rulings on studying/working in mixed environments. However, I am unsure if women are allowed to do so. Is a…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Jamiat KZN26 Feb 2026
Intimate Relations If Haidh Terminated Before The Regular Habit
If the habit of a woman is 8 days, but she stops bleeding after 6 days, is she allowed to resume relations with her husband after having a bath, or…
- Camperdown26 Feb 2026
ʿUmrah or Taraweeh
Assalamualaykum I am at the airport with my ammi. We will reach Makka arnd 9 pm, tarawee will be going there should we first preform Umra or first…
Baba Abu Bakr - Jamiat KZN13 Feb 2026
Will a penalty be due upon a woman who covered her face whilst in Ihraam?
If a woman covers her face wearing the Niqaab in the state of Ihraam during Hajj for 6 hours, then she removes it for one hour and wears it again…
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Camperdown13 Feb 2026
Can a woman wear shoes during Saee?
Can a woman wear shoes during Saee for umrah?
Baba Abu Bakr - Ibn Masood10 Feb 2026
Females Conducting Public Lectures
A very concerning matter facing us here in the UK and I believe, in many other countries. The matter is that some ladies have opened the door of…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online7 Feb 2026
Woman in haidh or nifaas touching the pages of dua kitaabs
A woman is in haidh/nifaas and wishes to read Munaajaate maqbool/40 durood and salaam. In the munaajaate maqbool on one side is Arabic and 1 side…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - 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 - Miftahul Falaah22 Jan 2026
Women dyeing their hair
Hello, I am from Turkey. The question I’m wondering about is that some scientists say that hair dyes will prevent ghusl and ablution because they…
Mufti Muaaz Mangera - Miftahul Falaah21 Jan 2026
Women running popup stores
As salaam alaykum Respected Mufti Whilst I do understand that Islam does not prohibit any woman from doing business, however recently we find the…
Ml Abdul Qadir Fazlani - Miftahul Falaah20 Jan 2026Arabic
Women shaving in nifaas
My female cousin recently gave birth, but she did not shave before that. Now, She wishes to shave. She is still in nifaas. She is feeling…
Mufti Umar Farooq Rangila - 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
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