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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

146 Questions

Is having a tattoo on the wrist or arm considered allowed for someone who plans to wear a Hijab after marriage?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

Having tattoos are considered makruh and discouraged, but it has nothing to do with observing hijab, as that is wajib. Postponing and deferring the obligatory duty of wearing hijab is not a good idea, as Shaytani manipulation always interferes in these kind of good and positive changes. 

And Allah knows best
As a recent university graduate and unmarried woman striving to please Allah (swt) and adhere to the teachings of Ahlulbayt (as), can I work due to pressure from my family for financial support, knowing it may involve interaction with non-Mahram men?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You as a Muslim female are allowed to work to earn livelihood as far as you keep you full Hijab and protect your modesty from non Mahram men.

Wassalam.
Why was my husband upset about my mascara at a women-only academy when I wear a full Niqab in Egypt and modest clothing in the UK, yet he wears Western attire? Why aren't men held to the same standards of modesty?
Amina Inloes

Different people have different unspoken expectations for how other people should behave, and we get these expectations from various places (family, school, etc). Some people are good at recognising and communicating their unspoken expectations, and others are not, and just get angry if someone violates their expectations. Having different unspoken expectations is a major cause of tension between people, especially in a marriage. When he is done being upset, you could try asking him in a non-confrontational way why he was upset, since there could be any number of reasons. 

While traditional Muslim clothing for both men and women tends to be long and loose, after colonialism, it became common in some places for men to wear western clothing and women to wear traditional clothing (in part because women are seen as keepers of the culture). So there is a lot going on that is not necessarily about shariah when it comes to clothing and identity. Of course Islam prescribes modesty and decency for both men and women but does not require a specific cultural style. 
 
Why was my husband upset about my mascara at a women-only academy when I wear a full Niqab in Egypt and modest clothing in the UK, yet he wears Western attire? Why aren't men held to the same standards of modesty?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Modesty of women comes from their human nature as females with specific characteristics which Allah The Glorious Has Created in them for the benefit of human life, such characteristics are different from the characteristics of males. Modesty of men also comes from their human nature as males. Since the characteristics of males are not typically same as the characteristics of female, the modesty norms are not the same. Islamic rules ask females to abide to their standards of modesty while asks males to abide to their standards if modesty.

Wassalam.