Women and family

Knowledge, worship, rights and tranquility inside the home and outside it

A chapter that begins with the woman herself: her faith, worship, knowledge, covering and rights, then moves to marriage, the wife, motherhood, fatherhood and raising children. Precise individual issues are linked to the source and the fatwa instead of being reduced to a card.

First: the woman before her family roles

What the Muslim woman needs to worship Allah with insight

The woman is not reduced to marriage and motherhood; the chapter begins with her relationship with her Lord, her knowledge, her worship, her covering, her wealth and her rights.

01Faith and worship

The woman's connection with her Lord

Tawhid, prayer, the Qur'an, remembrance, repentance, deeds of the heart, and seeking acceptance from Allah, not from people's gaze.

02Seeking knowledge

She learns what corrects her belief and worship

Learning tawhid, purification, prayer, fasting and family rulings is obligatory to the extent of need. Her going out to learn or teach does not contradict her decision to remain at home if the Shari'ah conditions are observed.

The official source →
03Covering

The lawful hijab

It is understood as worship, covering and modesty, not merely a colour or a social dress. Its details are referred to the texts and the words of the people of knowledge.

Conditions of the hijab — Ibn Baz →
04The home and going out

﴿وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ﴾ مع فقه الحاجة“And abide in your houses” with the fiqh of need

The verse [al-Ahzab: 33] addresses the Mothers of the Believers and contains the principle of dignity and keeping away from flaunting. It does not mean confining the woman from knowledge, worship, keeping kinship ties or a beneficial need; the scholars have determined the permissibility of going out for need with covering and conditions.

05Purification

Menstruation, post-natal bleeding and istihadah

She learns the signs of menstruation and purity, what the menstruating woman leaves, what she makes up and what she does not, and when she needs a detailed question about istihadah and irregular bleeding.

Rulings of the period — Ibn Baz →
06Prayer and fasting

The woman's worship in her different states

The menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding leave prayer and fasting during the time of the excuse, and make up the fasting without the prayer. Issues of purity before Fajr or changes in the blood need detail when they occur.

07Adornment and clothing

Adornment without flaunting or imitation of what is forbidden

A chapter gathering clothing, adornment, perfume, hair and new beauty practices; and it distinguishes between what is for the husband, women and mahrams and appearing before foreigners.

08Wealth

Financial independence and separate rights

The woman owns her wealth and her salary, marital maintenance is in principle on the husband in a reasonable manner, and what the woman contributes is by consent or a recognised condition.

Detail of maintenance and salary →

Second: marriage

Mutual rights and good companionship

Marriage is not built on a list of demands for one party; both spouses are commanded to do what is reasonable, fulfil the rights and safeguard the home.

09Before marriage

Choosing, istikharah and asking

Religion and character, realistic compatibility, asking about what affects life, and not building the decision on passing dazzlement.

10The wife's right

Maintenance, housing and good companionship

She has the right to maintenance in a reasonable manner, not to be harmed, good treatment, education and advice, and protection of her dignity and privacy.

11The husband's right

Obedience in what is right, and safeguarding the home

She obeys him in what is right and not in disobedience, safeguards his right, his home and his privacy, and in return he fulfils her rights and does not wrong her.

12The relationship

Affection and mercy, not constant conflict

The good word, gratitude, gentleness, understanding the differences, and not widening disagreement in front of the children or through social media.

13Disagreement

Gradual reform

Begin with calm dialogue, then seek help from a wise person of the family when needed, and do not turn every problem into a public announcement or defamation.

14Rights

Return to the detail in a dispute

Maintenance, forsaking, division of nights, divorce, khul', waiting period and custody are issues with details; it is not right to settle them from a general card.

Rights of the spouses — the official source →

Third: the mother, the father and the home

A family in which the parents cooperate on religion and upbringing

15The mother

Motherhood is worship and upbringing

Teaching belief, prayer, truthfulness and modesty, with mercy, example and listening, not merely commands.

16The father

Educational presence before maintenance alone

Maintenance is an obligation, but upbringing needs presence, teaching, justice among the children, and following up friends, content and worship.

17Worship

A home with prayer, Qur'an and remembrance

Religion is seen in the daily routine: prayer on time, a portion of the Qur'an, adhkar, supplication, and staying away from evil as far as able.

18Character

Gentleness, justice and guarding the tongue

Upbringing does not turn into shouting and humiliation, and guardianship does not turn into injustice; the aim is responsibility, justice and reform.

19Daughters and sons

Teaching that suits understanding, not merely age

The child moves from knowing Allah and loving the prayer to greater responsibility according to his understanding and readiness, with calm follow-up.

Go to the children's path →
20Privacy

The secrets of the home are a trust

The details of married life and the children's problems are not published to people. When needed, someone suitable for advice is chosen and one does not expand in complaining.

In private issues

General teaching here, and the fatwa for the case after its details are known

Irregular bleeding, suspended divorce, disputed maintenance, the waiting period, custody, travel, and work in special circumstances: issues that change as the details change. Use the question library to reach the chapter, then return to a trusted scholar when needed.

The question library with evidence →