QUESTION: 1. What does Awrah/Satr mean? 2. What is the awrah for women in front of the following people: a) Non-Mahram males b) Mahram males c) Muslim females (including sisters, mother, aunts etc) d) Non-Muslim females (including domestic workers) ANSWER: 1. In...
QUESTION: I would like to find out if it is permissible for Baaligh girls/girls in Niqaab to read Qur'aan, Surahs etc. to young and senior Aalims? ANSWER: It is not permissible for Baaligh girls to recite the Quraan-e-Majeed to Ulama, irrespective of whether they are...
QUESTION: Please advise on the following: Recreational activities for families (females accompanied by Mahrams while dressed in full Hijaab i.e. Niqaab, Burqah, gloves) Is it permissible for a family to : 1. Walk at the ocean shoreline after fajr when it is quiet? 2....
QUESTION: 1. When in a public space, females keep the Niqaab on while performing Salaah. However, if they are in a public place but the possibility of Ghayr Mahram men seeing them is low or non-existent, should they still keep the face covered while performing Salaah?...
QUESTION: If a woman greets other woman, and there are men nearby, should we return the greeting verbally for her to hear, or should we reply via a gesture or other from of indication? ANSWER: The Shariah has prohibited women from talking loudly, so that they are not...
QUESTION:- 1. Please can you help us understand why some of the earlier Ulamā deemed it permissible to look at the opposite gender, provided there was no desire? 2. How is the above position reconciled with Aḥādīth such as the Messenger ﷺ commanding his wives to lower...
QUESTION:- Please explain how the Muhaditheen and Fuqaha understood the following Ahaadith? 1) لعن الله جاظر ﻟﻤنظو ها “Allah curses the one who looks at and the one who is being looked towards.” We’ve been told that this only pertains to looking at the...
Question:- There is a Hadith which is misunderstood by some. They state that the first glance at a non-Mahram is permitted. Does it then make it Halaal for me to intentionally look at a female once? Answer:- It is recorded in the Hadith Sharif that Rasulullah...