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  • Woman wearing transparent clothes before sons

    What is the Sharee'ah ruling on a husband who criticizes his daughter and wife because they wear transparent clothes inside their apartment in the summer and none sees them except the sons who are between 8 and 14 years old? Would you please advise us so as to end this family's problems? .. More

  • Wearing hair in bun under Hijab

    I have long hair and I usually make a bun by collecting my hair and wrapping it in a circular coil around itself, typically on the back of the head. I do not fix it too high. Then I wear my hijab on it. Is this style included in the hadith in which the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, described some women of Hell and said that their heads "look.. More

  • Advice to women who do not abide by proper hijab

    Assalaamu alaykum. As we have seen, many ladies in Western countries were the hijab without the niqab and put on makeup and go outside with that makeup on while wearing fancy abayas. I want to know whether this is allowed according to Islam. Also, whenever anyone tells them that wearing these types of clothes is not permissible in Islam,these women.. More

  • Move back to West or take off niqaab to work

    Assalaamu alaykum. My family and I left the West to live in a Muslim country. I asked Allaah that if leaving the West was good for us, our religion, and our livelihood, to show it in my dream. I saw in my dreams that we made twoHijrahs(emigrations). I recognised the first country (where we at now), but not the one of the second Hijrah. My question is.. More

  • Useful tips to convince girls to wear the Hijab

    How can I convince my daughters to wear the Hijab? They perform the prayer, but whenever I talk to them about wearing the Hijab, they tell me that they will wear it later on! I am fed up with repeatedly bringing up this issue. I have informed them that the punishment of Allaah Almighty for such a sin is severe, and I wish that they will be blessed with.. More

  • Wearing colored hijab where women commonly wear black

    All your fatwas on the hijab mention that the most important requirement of a Muslim woman's dress is the fact that it should be loose, modest and fully-covering her body. Colour and quality of clothing is not important, they state, and a woman is not obliged to cover herself in black. So my question is the following: in a country like Bahrain, Qatar,.. More

  • Refusing to take off headscarf for visa photo

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am 22 years old and I am a Moroccan living in Morocco. I am applying for the Schengen Visa and I am afraid that they will ask me to take photos without my headscarf. My family thinks that that is okay because these are procedures and we do not have any other choice. Besides, all the other hijabi women accept this rule! I definitely.. More

  • Niqaab is part of Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling on the one who says that the niqab is not part of Islam and that it is a Persian custom that seeks to enslave women and rob them of their rights? Has the niqab been proven to be a part of Islam through textual evidence? And is the one who denies it considered a nonbeliever? .. More

  • Covering ears part of woman's hijab

    A sister asked me this question: how big an area of the face can women expose; are the ears included in that? She said that this verse does not prohibit a woman from showing her ears: {And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what [must ordinarily].. More

  • Eating in restaurant not excuse for removing niqaab

    If it is hard for a girl who wears niqab to eat in a restaurant, then can she remove it? People stare at her! What should she do? .. More

  • Woman may choose not to listen to voice of non-mahram men

    lI asked a question about talking before, but I have another one. Is it ok to not listen to the voice of non-Mahram (permanently unmarriageable) men in permissible cases? Is this called 'pardah'? .. More

  • Adult son may not look at mother’s breasts

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am kind of embarrassed to ask this question, but here it is. I am an adult Muslim and my mom recentlygave birth to a baby. She feeds the baby with her breastmilk, but her breasts produce a lot more milk than the baby could consume. This makes her breasts and nipples sore and painful. So she milks her breasts and removes the extra.. More

  • Woman must conceal jewelry in public

    Assalaamu alaykum.Is it alright to wear a bracelet on my left wrist while I am out in the public, and is it okay to wear a necklace that people used to wear to keep the evil eye away, which they do not do anymore? The necklace is from Jerusalem. .. More

  • Removing niqaab because people stare

    I have a serious issue regarding my wife, and I need a fatwa on this issue. My wife wears the hijab and niqab (maa shaa Allaah), but when we go to a restaurant during the weekend, people stare at her because of her niqab! My question is: is it permissible to remove my wife's niqab? .. More

  • Why hijab should be plain

    I understand and agree with the concept of a Muslimah's dress in public being simple, but is it really required to wear plain clothing with no designs and so on it? I am obviously not talking of big, bold, colourful designs, but is there any evidence that requires plain garments that do not have any flowery designs or dots/stripes to be worn bywomen? .. More