The 'iddah woman going out to work during the day
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman whose husband has passed away is working as a typist on a contract, and the state grants her only a fifteen-day leave. Is she permitted to go to work because she has a pressing need for it during the 'iddah and mourning period?
Answer:
She needs to go out only during the day, not at night; she does not go at night, but she goes during the day if she needs the work for her financial maintenance. There is no impediment.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman whose husband has passed away is working as a typist on a contract, and the state grants her only a fifteen-day leave. Is she permitted to go to work because she has a pressing need for it during the 'iddah and mourning period?
Answer:
She needs to go out only during the day, not at night; she does not go at night, but she goes during the day if she needs the work for her financial maintenance. There is no impediment.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من لم ير الفخذ من العورة — islamhouse.com (1:07:23)
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