Fatwas Regarding Women
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Publisher's Note
All praise be to Allah. By His grace and mercy, Darussalam is having the
golden opportunity to publish the Book of Fatawa (Shari'ah Rulings) for
women to present it to the English-speaking world for the first time ever
since.
Book of Fatawa has got a vital importance among the religious books. In
day-to-day life, different people face different types of problems of varying
nature and they need proper solution in the light of the Qur'an and Sunnah.
In addition to the common problems faced by both men and women, women are
to face a lot of special problems regarding menses, post-partum bleeding,
istihada, hijab, mixing with men; rights and duties with respect to their
husband, husband's household, children; inheritance, marriage, divorce
and so forth. Women apart, even educated men are not having proper knowledge
of these issues.
It is only the scholars who can derive rulings from Shari'ah and give
legal verdicts. Hence the people are commanded by Allah to have recourse
to the pious scholars of religion.
Allah says,
"So ask of those who know the Scripture if you know not."
(al-Nahl 43)
Allah also describes the dignified station of the scholars in the following
verse,
"Say: Are those who know equal to those who know not?" (al-Zumar
9)
In a Hadith, it is also stated by the Prophet (peace be upon him) that,
"If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend
the religion (the understanding of the Qur'an and Sunnah)." (Bukhari)
In Saudi Arabia women have got the facility to put their questions regarding
different kinds of problems faced by them in their day-to-day life, to
the eminent scholars herein who are from amongst the best scholars of the
world. These are such Fatawa (responses to their questions) compiled in
this book for all the women to benefit from them.
Scholars' answers to the questions of the people, with respect to their
problems and issues, are actually the gists of the vast studies over the
Qur'an and Ahadith. And a common man, thus, through the Book of Fatawa
gets the exact Shari'ah rulings with a very little effort. In this way,
Fatawa are an authentic and easy accessible source of the knowledge.
In this regard, Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz al-Musnad is highly praiseworthy
for his efforts to collect all the Fatawa in Arabic, where from it could
be rendered into English in view of its vast usefulness for the women.
I am much grateful to Br. Jamaal Zarabozo who has rendered it into a
very simple and eloquent English, intelligible to all. His comments on
Ahadith and also those clarifying the meaning of the question or answer
are much appreciable and are an added value to the book. I express my sincere
thanks to the companions of Br. Jamaal, who have assisted him in different
ways. I am also thankful to all of my brothers, especially Md. Daud, who
have exerted their best efforts in bringing out the book.
Abdul Malik Mujahid
General Manager