Shar’i rulings regarding Islamic Sisters
Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari Madani
(Researcher, Dar-ul-Ifta Ahl-us-Sunnah Noor-ul-Irfan, Karachi)
Salah on roof terrace?
Question 1: Is it permissible for a woman to pray Salah on the roof terrace if it is very warm indoors or there is an outage?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَةَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
It is permissible for a woman to offer Salah on the roof terrace as long as privacy is maintained, i.e. something like a high boundary wall prevents her from looking into other people’s homes and similarly prevents others from seeing her. However, it is better for a woman to pray Salah in an enclosed room as encouraged in the Hadith of Abu Dawood:
‘عن عبد الله عن النبی صلی الله علیه واٰلهٖ وسلم قال: صلاۃ المراۃ فی بیتھاافضل من صلاتھا فی حجرتھا وصلاتھا فی مخدعھا افضل من صلاتھا فی بیتھا’
Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Mas’ood رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ relates that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘It is better for a woman to pray Salah in a room than in the courtyard, and it is better to offer it in the basement than in a room.’ (Sunan Abi Dawood, vol. 1, p. 96, Hadith 570)
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
A ruling of fasting for women
Question 2: If a woman completes her habitual menstrual cycle after seven days at dawn, however there is not enough time for her to perform Ghusl, is necessary for her to fast?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَةَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
The woman who becomes pure from menses before dawn within ten days but does not have sufficient time to perform Ghusl, wear clothes, and say ‘الله اکبر’ before dawn, it is not obligatory upon her to keep the fast of that day. However, it is necessary (Wajib) for her to behave as though she is fasting, i.e. she should refrain from eating and drinking. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, p. 382; Fatawa Khaleeliyyah, vol. 1, p. 505)
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Replying to the Azaan in a state of menses?
Question 3: Is a woman permitted to reply to the Azaan while she is menstruating?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَةَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
It is permitted as Sadr-ush-Shari’ah, Badr-ut-Tareeqah, ‘Allamah Maulana Mufti Amjad Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explained, ‘It is permissible for such a woman to reply to the Azaan. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 2, p. 379)
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
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