Women’s Corner
1. The waiting period (Ꜥiddah) for a pregnant widow
Q: What do the honourable scholars of Islam say about the following matter: a pregnant woman’s husband passed away. What is the duration of her waiting period and when can she remarry?
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
A: In the given scenario, the woman’s waiting period will last until the child is born, because the waiting period of a pregnant woman lasts until she gives birth. She can remarry after the waiting period is over, i.e., after the child is born. To marry during the waiting period is haram.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Answered by: Muhammad Saeed Attari
Verified by: Mufti Fuzayl Raza Attari
2. The farewell tawaf (ṭawāf rukhsah) of a menstruating woman
Q: What do the honourable scholars of Islam say regarding the following: a lady went to perform Hajj this year. After the visiting tawaf (ṭawāf al-ziyārah) her period started, so she could not perform the farewell tawaf. As it was time for her return flight, she returned to Pakistan without performing the farewell tawaf. Is she liable for expiation (dam)?
Note: Her period ended after she returned to Pakistan. Hence, she did not perform any tawaf after the visiting tawaf.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
A: The farewell tawaf is mandatory (wajib) for the pilgrim who has arrived from outside of mīqāt boundaries. However, if a woman is experiencing menses or postnatal bleeding and leaves the settlements of Makkah prior to attaining purity, no expiation will be due upon her in place of this tawaf.
In the given scenario, as the lady was experiencing her period from Makkah until her return to Pakistan, the farewell tawaf was not mandatory for her. Hence, no expiation is due upon her for not having performed this tawaf.
Note: The farewell tawaf is also called ṭawāf al-ṣadr and ṭawāf al-widāꜤ.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Written by: Mufti Fuzayl Raza Attari
3. Marrying the widow of one’s paternal uncle
Q: What do the honourable scholars of Islam say about the following: after the passing away of one’s paternal uncle, can the uncle’s nephew marry his uncle’s widowed wife after her waiting period?
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
A: According to Islam, the wife of an individual’s paternal uncle is not from the women whom the individual is forbidden to marry. After the paternal uncle passes away, his nephew is permitted to marry his late uncle’s widow as long as she has completed the necessary waiting period and provided that there are no factors which prevent the marriage, such as having a milk relation with her (raḍāꜤah) and impermissibility of marriage due to extra-marital sexual contact (muṣāharah).
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Answer by: Muhammad Sarfaraz Akhtar Attari
Verified by: Mufti Fuzayl Raza Attari
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