Question
What do the blessed ‘Ulama [Islamic scholars] and Muftis [Islamic jurists] state regarding the following matter: Can a woman, observing ‘Iddat after her husband’s demise, go to different rooms of the house? Moreover, is it right or not for her to go to the courtyard as well? We have heard from the people that a woman can neither go from one room to another nor to the courtyard. Please give us guidance on this matter.
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
The Shar’i ruling states that it is compulsory for a woman observing Iddat to spend her Iddat [period] in the same house of her husband and the entire house is called a single house, so its different rooms and courtyard all combine to form one single place. Therefore, such a woman can go to all the rooms of that house and sit in the courtyard as well, ensuring that purdah is observed; there is no harm in it. However, if one portion of the house belongs to the husband and rest part is owned by someone else such as a big house is sometimes jointly owned by the brothers but then it is properly divided by specifying each person’s limit, then in this case, the woman observing Iddat will have permission only to go to the portion owned by her husband, not to the rest part [of the house]. Moreover, if there are many portions in a house such as in flats, she can only reside in the portion owned by her husband, not in the other part. Furthermore, if the courtyard is also jointly owned [by different people] such as an apartment consists of many houses and one single courtyard, she will also not have permission to go to this courtyard jointly owned [by the people] because the status of this courtyard is now like a pathway.
وَ الـلّٰـهُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ اَعْلَم صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
Answered by:
Abu Huzayfah Shafeeq Raza Attari Madani
Answered by:
Abu Saaleh Muhammad Qaasim Al-Qaadiri
Purdah for a woman with her non-Mahram Peer-o-Murshid [spiritual guide]
Question : 02
What do the blessed ‘Ulama state regarding the following matter: Can a young woman go in front of her non-Mahram Peer-o-Murshid with uncovered hair, wrists and face, or not?
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
As it is Fard [obligatory] for a woman to observe purdah with any non-Mahram man, in the same way, it is also Fard for a woman to observe purdah with her non-Mahram Peer-o-Murshid as the ruling on the matter of purdah is the same for both. Therefore, it is Haraam for a woman to go in front of her non-Mahram Peer [spiritual guide] with uncovered hair or wrists and similarly, going with uncovered face is also strictly prohibited.
وَ الـلّٰـهُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ اَعْلَم صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
Answered by:
Abu Huzayfah Shafeeq Raza Attari Madani
Answered by:
Abu Saaleh Muhammad Qaasim Al-Qaadiri