Women Islamic laws

Q: I suffer from asthma and I need to use medicine continuously especially during attack. Can I use medicine while fasting? My medicine is taken by inhaler and during dysenteric attacks I am forced to use nebulizer. A: Using the inhaler does not harm...

Q: I suffer from asthma and I need to use medicine...

Q: Due to the stone-forming nature of my kidneys, I ought not to fast during the blessed month according to the advice of a specialist doctor. However, I don’t want to break my fast. Assuming my drinking three cups of water – on either one or three s...

Q: Due to the stone-forming nature of my kidneys, ...

Q: What is the duty of the breastfeeding woman during the month of Ramadan? A: Fasting won’t be obligatory for her assuming (a) her fasting will decrease her milk supply and thus frustrate the infant or (b) she, herself, becomes harmed by means of it...

Q: What is the duty of the breastfeeding woman dur...

Q: What must one do if nocturnal emission occurs after the fajr prayer during the month of Ramadan? A: One’s fast remains valid and one must carry out the required ghusl before performing the ẓuhr prayer. Q: Assuming one wakes up, before fajr, in a ...

Q: What must one do if nocturnal emission occurs a...

Q: During the month of Ramadan, last year, the janābah ghusl had become binding upon me during sahar (2-3 hour period preceding fajr adhān) one night; on waking up during sahar – in a state of janābah – I had decided to wait until the time for ghusla...

Q: During the month of Ramadan, last year, the jan...

Q: Assuming one’s mouth or gums bleed during the month of Ramadan, ought one to purify the inside of one’s mouth? A: Swallowing such blood is not permissible; if one intentionally swallows such blood whilst fasting, one will be deemed as breaking one...

Q: Assuming one’s mouth or gums bleed during the m...

Q: Assuming a number of just people bear testimony to the fact that two just people have in fact witnessed the (new) moon, will the arrival of the months of Ramadan or Shawwāl be subsequently proved? A: No, one must be informed directly by the two ju...

Q: Assuming a number of just people bear testimony...

Q: Assuming it is announced, before the canonical noon, that today is the first day of the month of Ramadan, what is one’s duty on that day? A: Assuming one hasn’t, until then, committed any deed which would invalidate one’s fast, obligatory caution ...

Q: Assuming it is announced, before the canonical ...

Q: I filled a tooth yesterday and today I have noticed some bleeding whilst fasting. What is the ruling in relation to such oral bleeding? Is it permissible to swallow that saliva which has blended with such blood? What ought I to do? What is the rul...

Q: I filled a tooth yesterday and today I have not...

Q: While suffering from a cold, some mucus gathered in my mouth and I swallowed it instead of spitting it out. Was my fast valid? What about the mucus produced in throat when someone catches a cold? A: Swallowing the mucus – before it reaches the mou...

Q: While suffering from a cold, some mucus gathere...

Q: What are the methods adopted to ascertain about sighting of the crescent at the beginning and the end of Ramadan? A: Ascertaining the beginning of any lunar month is only possible through one of the following methods: someone sees the new moon per...

Q: What are the methods adopted to ascertain about...

Q: A person did not fast for 120 days. What must he do? Does he have to fast for 60 days for every day missed, and does he have to do any expiatory act? A: He has to perform belated fasts for the Ramadan fasting days he missed. If he broke the fast i...

Q: A person did not fast for 120 days. What must h...

Q: Please explain your view on injections given by dentists or other physicians to a person fasting during the blessed month of Ramadan! A: As per obligatory caution, one should avoid taking tonic, nutritious, or intravenous injections. However, ther...

Q: Please explain your view on injections given by...

Answer: For youth, true peace of mind and relief lies in permanent marriage, but due to the fact that not all of them can afford the expenses of permanent marriage, the best way to avoid the misguidance of Shaytan is temporary marriage, because neith...

Answer: For youth, true peace of mind and relief l...

Answer: 1- According to Islam, the man can choose more than one wife, or practice temporary marriage [1] , without the wife’s consent being a condition. [2] Therefore, such an act isn't considered not being faithful or cheating on her, and the wife ...

Answer: 1- According to Islam, the man can choose...

Answer: There is a proverb in Persian which says, “A girl’s marriage with her cousin is made in heaven”. Is it really as such? The answer is that: Who knows about the heaven? Obviously no one knows about it except God, the Exalted, and the infallible...

Answer: There is a proverb in Persian which says, ...

Answer: There is no problem in the marriage between Sayed girls or women with non-Sayed Shiite men as it is not necessary for Sayed girls and women to marry Sayed men [1] . None of the jurists have forbidden such a marriage. For instance, Grand Aya...

Answer: There is no problem in the marriage betwee...

Answer: Since different jurists have different verdicts in this regard, you should act according to the fatwa (verdict) of the Mujtahid (jurist) whom you follow. For your information, we will now mention the verdicts of some of the religious authorit...

Answer: Since different jurists have different ver...

Answer: This might be a question to many; why do Muslim women have to wear the hijab, and moreover, why do non-Muslims who live in Muslim countries (who enforce this Islamic ruling such as Iran) have to observe it as well? A few points and principle...

Answer: This might be a question to many; why do M...

Answer: According to Islam, marriage is the basic institution which aims at establishing the family, the primary unit of society. It is desirable and recommended by itself but if a person is in need of marriage and is afraid that he may fall into har...

Answer: According to Islam, marriage is the basic ...

Answer: Office of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (may Allah grant him long life): If a woman's dancing for women is considered to be lahw (frivolity) such as when a female gathering changes into a dancing party, there is problem in it and the obligatory pr...

Answer: Office of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (may Al...