What are the matters that a woman in the waiting period must avoid?
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Question:
Another question: You say: Is it permissible for me to work and walk around the house at night or during the day until two or three o'clock, and to go out to the courtyard, or is it not permissible (i.e., with regard to the waiting period)?
Answer:
The waiting period is like any other time; she may walk around the house wearing slippers or shoes, in the courtyard of the house, in the yard of the house, in the garden of the house, on the roof, in the moonlight or in the darkness, just like any other time.
There are five matters that a woman in the waiting period must avoid:
First: Not leaving her house. She must stay in the residence where her husband died and she was living, and she must remain there except for a necessary need, such as buying her necessities from the market, going to the doctor, or going to the court if there is a lawsuit. There is no harm in this; these are necessary needs.
Second: Her clothing should be ordinary. She should not wear beautiful clothes; she should wear ordinary clothes.
Third: Not using perfume, neither on her body nor on her clothes, except if she becomes pure from her menstruation, in which case she may use incense when she is pure from menstruation.
Fourth: Not wearing jewelry; she should not wear jewelry, neither gold nor silver nor diamonds.
Fifth: Not using henna or kohl.
These are five things:
First: Staying in her house except for a need—the house where she was living on the day her husband died—she must stay in it, and she may go out for her needs or to the court or to the doctor.
Second: Not wearing beautiful clothes; ordinary clothes.
Third: Not wearing jewelry, neither gold nor silver nor diamonds, until she exits the waiting period.
Fourth: Not using perfume, incense or otherwise, except if she becomes pure from her menstruation, in which case she may use incense.
Fifth: Not using kohl or henna or the like, until it ends.
She may do what people do besides these things; she may change her clothes whenever she wishes, she may apply mascara whenever she wishes, she may walk around the house, in the courtyard of the house, in the yard of the house, in the garden of the house, in the courtyard; all of this is permissible. She may speak to whom she wishes by telephone or otherwise, for her needs, and she may return the greeting to any man or woman who greets her; all of this is permissible.
Q: And what about the covers that are found in trousers, and the covers that are placed on the head?
The Shaykh: There is no harm.
Another question: You say: Is it permissible for me to work and walk around the house at night or during the day until two or three o'clock, and to go out to the courtyard, or is it not permissible (i.e., with regard to the waiting period)?
Answer:
The waiting period is like any other time; she may walk around the house wearing slippers or shoes, in the courtyard of the house, in the yard of the house, in the garden of the house, on the roof, in the moonlight or in the darkness, just like any other time.
There are five matters that a woman in the waiting period must avoid:
First: Not leaving her house. She must stay in the residence where her husband died and she was living, and she must remain there except for a necessary need, such as buying her necessities from the market, going to the doctor, or going to the court if there is a lawsuit. There is no harm in this; these are necessary needs.
Second: Her clothing should be ordinary. She should not wear beautiful clothes; she should wear ordinary clothes.
Third: Not using perfume, neither on her body nor on her clothes, except if she becomes pure from her menstruation, in which case she may use incense when she is pure from menstruation.
Fourth: Not wearing jewelry; she should not wear jewelry, neither gold nor silver nor diamonds.
Fifth: Not using henna or kohl.
These are five things:
First: Staying in her house except for a need—the house where she was living on the day her husband died—she must stay in it, and she may go out for her needs or to the court or to the doctor.
Second: Not wearing beautiful clothes; ordinary clothes.
Third: Not wearing jewelry, neither gold nor silver nor diamonds, until she exits the waiting period.
Fourth: Not using perfume, incense or otherwise, except if she becomes pure from her menstruation, in which case she may use incense.
Fifth: Not using kohl or henna or the like, until it ends.
She may do what people do besides these things; she may change her clothes whenever she wishes, she may apply mascara whenever she wishes, she may walk around the house, in the courtyard of the house, in the yard of the house, in the garden of the house, in the courtyard; all of this is permissible. She may speak to whom she wishes by telephone or otherwise, for her needs, and she may return the greeting to any man or woman who greets her; all of this is permissible.
Q: And what about the covers that are found in trousers, and the covers that are placed on the head?
The Shaykh: There is no harm.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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