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<strong>Are tampons permissible to use for unmarried girls/virgins? If they are not permissible to use, what should a girl do?</strong>

<strong>Can a woman visit her husband's grave while still on her 'iddah period?</strong>

<strong>Can women travel without a mahram (a male relative she can not marry)?</strong>

<strong>Does bleeding during consummation prove that the girl is a virgin in Islam?</strong>

<strong>Does Islam require a woman to change her maiden name and take her husband's last name?</strong>

<strong>Does Quran/Islam prohibit a Muslim woman from marrying a non-Muslim man?</strong>

<strong>Is abortion allowed in Islam if the fetus is malformed?</strong>

<strong>Is breathable nail polish permissible to use so I can avoid taking it off before Wudu?</strong>

<strong>Is hijab a religious or cultural practice?</strong>

<strong>Is It Islamically permissible for a woman to go out of her house without a mahram male guardian?</strong>

<strong>Is it Islamically permissible for women to get botox injections for the reduction/prevention of wrinkles?</strong>

<strong>Is it permissible for a female to have body piercings? What is the ruling if these piercings were before becoming Muslim?</strong>

<strong>Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to work at a massage place that caters to both genders?</strong>

<strong>Is it permissible for a woman to cut her hair short?</strong>

<strong>Is it permissible to use lipstick with carmine in it? How about blushes or eyeliners?</strong>

<strong>Is wearing makeup and jewelry In public allowed in Islam?</strong>

<strong>Islamically, when does a woman's menstruation period end?</strong>

<strong>What if she has to attend very important events pertaining to her family members?</strong>

<strong>What is a woman's ‘iddah period following her husband’s death?</strong>

Are Muslim women allowed to live on their own, especially if they are financially independent, or must they live with their parents?

If an unmarried woman commits Zina with a man and becomes pregnant, can they get married (nikkah) right away after the baby is born, or do they have to wait three months?

Is it permissible for a woman to have intercourse with her slave, and is it allowed to bring slavery back?

When a woman cannot conceive a baby, doctors give the option to get an egg from a donor and implant it in her, with her husband's sperm. Then she will be pregnant. Is that halal?

Can a woman pray after a miscarriage?

Is it haram to choose not to have children?

Is it Islamically allowed to abort a fetus?

If a woman demands divorce before consummating the marriage, does she need to return the Mahr?

Are Muslim women allowed to live on their own, especially if they are financially independent? Or must they live with their parents?

Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter the Masjid?

Can a Muslim woman touch the Quran and read it during her period?

Can a Muslim woman change her family name to her husband's surname?

Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter the state of Ihram before the Meeqat without praying the two Rak’at of Ihram?

Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to do Dhikr (remembrance of Allah SWT)?

What does a woman do if she intended Hajj or Umrah and then started her menstrual cycle prior to reaching the Meeqat?

During Hajj and Umrah, a woman who starts menstruating is afflicted with severe sadness and despair- what should we tell her?

What does a menstruating woman do after she enters the state of Ihram and arrives to Makkah?

What does a woman do if she entered the state of Ihram while she was pure, passed the Meeqat, performed Tawaf whilst pure then started menstruating after she finished her Tawaf and right before she started Sa’i?

If a woman started menstruating before or after entering the state of Ihram and did not perform Tawaf for Umrah or Tawaf-ul-Ifada for Hajj and her Mahram/group with whom she traveled must leave to return to their country, what does she do?

Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter the sacred Masjid in Madina and Makkah?

Do the breastfed milk siblings have the same rights as blood siblings?

If my sister and I wanted our kids, who are born a few months apart, to be siblings via breast milk, is it permissible? Are we able to do so with bottle feeding? If so, how many feeds does it need to be?

What is the Islamic ruling on Muslim women following the Janazah (funeral procession) and going to the cemetery for burial?

Is it permissible in Islam for a woman to voluntarily forgive her husband from the obligation of paying her mahr (dowry)? If so, under what conditions is such forgiveness valid?

A sister and her fiancé have agreed that her mahr (dowry) will be a water well built in her name as Sadaqah Jariyah. She asks whether this can simply be written in the marriage contract on the day of the nikāh, or if additional steps are required to fulfill this agreement Islamically.

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