A woman in her waiting period goes out to work to support her children and to serve her brother and his young children; what is the ruling on her doing this?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. A woman’s husband passed away, and during her waiting period she went out to work to support her children, and she went to her father and mother to serve them, and also to gather firewood for her brother whose wife had passed away, and his children were young. All of this was because there was no one to perform these duties, and she would return and sleep in her husband’s house. Is her waiting period and her mourning in accordance with the prescribed manner, or did she violate the commands? May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Answer:
The waiting period for a widow is waiting for a duration of four months and ten days, such that she waits and does not marry, and it is not permissible to propose to her explicitly during this period. And during the waiting period, it is obligatory for her to observe mourning, which consists of several things. The first is not leaving the house in which her husband died except for a dire necessity; if so, she goes out to the extent of the need and then returns to her house. But if there is no need, it is obligatory for her to remain in the house of the waiting period until it ends. This is the matter.
The second thing is leaving off perfume. So the widow does not use any type of perfume. The third thing is leaving off adornment on her body, such as henna, kohl, cosmetics, and makeup. She avoids all of these during the waiting period.
The third thing, the thing, the fourth thing: avoiding wearing jewelry of all kinds on her hands and around her neck, and in all types of jewelry, she avoids wearing it until her waiting period ends.
The fifth thing: she avoids clothes of adornment, so she does not wear anything but ordinary clothes that have no adornment and nothing that draws attention to her, but rather they are ordinary, covering clothes with no adornment. These are the matters of mourning. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. A woman’s husband passed away, and during her waiting period she went out to work to support her children, and she went to her father and mother to serve them, and also to gather firewood for her brother whose wife had passed away, and his children were young. All of this was because there was no one to perform these duties, and she would return and sleep in her husband’s house. Is her waiting period and her mourning in accordance with the prescribed manner, or did she violate the commands? May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Answer:
The waiting period for a widow is waiting for a duration of four months and ten days, such that she waits and does not marry, and it is not permissible to propose to her explicitly during this period. And during the waiting period, it is obligatory for her to observe mourning, which consists of several things. The first is not leaving the house in which her husband died except for a dire necessity; if so, she goes out to the extent of the need and then returns to her house. But if there is no need, it is obligatory for her to remain in the house of the waiting period until it ends. This is the matter.
The second thing is leaving off perfume. So the widow does not use any type of perfume. The third thing is leaving off adornment on her body, such as henna, kohl, cosmetics, and makeup. She avoids all of these during the waiting period.
The third thing, the thing, the fourth thing: avoiding wearing jewelry of all kinds on her hands and around her neck, and in all types of jewelry, she avoids wearing it until her waiting period ends.
The fifth thing: she avoids clothes of adornment, so she does not wear anything but ordinary clothes that have no adornment and nothing that draws attention to her, but rather they are ordinary, covering clothes with no adornment. These are the matters of mourning. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، امرأة في أثناء عدتها تخرج للعمل لتعيش أطفالها وتخدم أخيها وأولاده الصغار فما حكم فعلها؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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