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Q: What if a woman’s bleeding continues for more than her habit?

Thursday, 27 September 2012 14:08

A: She should not take a ghusl (bath) or begin offering any salaah after the duration of her normal habit. Rather, she will wait until the bleeding stops. If she stops bleeding within ten days and ten nights (from the time her bleeding commenced) then the salaahs for all these days will be excused and she will not have to offer any qadha salaah. Her norm will now be considered to have changed and all the days will be considered as haidh.

Q: How will a woman determine her habit for haidh?

Thursday, 27 September 2012 14:05

A: A woman’s habit in haidh is determined by the number of days of normal bleeding and the duration of purity she experienced in the previous month.

Beauty and Purity

Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:53

The fashion world of today has a very narrow definition of beauty. It restricts beauty to one’s dressing and to the fake facial makeup. The reality is that these superficial things have nothing to do with beauty. The inner and outer beauty has been taught to us by Islam.

Among the aspects of inner beauty, which shines out in a person’s life, is to clean the heart of pride, jealousy, and greed. All the outer beauty of a woman will be insignificant if her tongue is loose and wicked, if she loses her temper all the time or her heart is full of ill – feelings and hatred. The mere sight of her, despite her striking outer beauty, will provoke hatred in the hearts of those around her. Islam alone teaches us real beauty and purity, where the inside and outside are both beautified with real values.

Islam even teaches us how to preserve our beauty. If Allah Ta’ala has favoured one with natural outer beauty, then the best way of expressing gratitude is to conceal this beauty from the eyes of all strange men. To make a public display of one’s beauty is the height of ingratitude for this gift.