The Ruling on the Waiting Period Woman Going Out and Visiting the Sick

Question:
And on the tongues of some women are words, and among them is not seeing the moon, or even going out to the roof or to the courtyard or something like that. What is your guidance for them? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is all an error. The issue that she does not go out of the courtyard, does not go out to the roof, does not see the moon; this is all talk with no basis. She may go out to the courtyard, she may go up to the roof, and she may look at the moon and the stars. There is no harm in her using the telephone for her needs, answering the phone; all of this is permissible when there is a need. If it is not possible for a doctor to be brought to her in the house, at the time of the matter when she needs to go out for this, there is no harm in her going out to the extent of the need.
As for the sick person, she does not visit him in the hospital, because visiting is not obligatory and not necessary. But she can speak to him by phone, or she can instruct those who go to him; she instructs them to greet him and pray for him. May Allah reward you with good. If the sick person is in his house and close to her house, if he needs her to go out, she does not go out. But if he does not need her to go out, if her house and his house are connected without going out, there is no harm. May Allah reward you with good.