Ruling on a woman in the waiting period going out to work
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Question:
From her questions, O Shaykh, she says, this questioner from Yemen, Ahmad 'Abdullah, says: A woman’s husband died, and it was difficult for her to observe the waiting period of four months and ten days, given that she performs heavy work in the house and outside the house. What is the solution in that? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
She must observe the waiting period of four months and ten days, and she must observe the mourning restrictions. She does the work she is compelled to do. If she is an employee, she goes to her job. If she is a teacher, she goes to teach and returns. She must stay in her house until she completes the four months and ten days. There is no harm in her going out for her need, or her job, or her work if she has work in buying and selling in the market. She goes out, but she must be covered, and she must not touch perfume, or kohl, or henna, and she must not wear jewelry. However, she goes out in ordinary clothes for her need. It is permissible for her to go out for her need in her buying and selling, her teaching job, or otherwise. There is no blame on her in that.
The presenter: May Allah preserve you. By doing that, O Shaykh, she avoids adornment in her clothing?
Answer: She avoids adornment, perfume, jewelry, kohl, and the like. She is prohibited from these; because the woman in mourning is prohibited from five things:
The first: going out without need. She must stay in the house if it is feasible for her to stay in her husband’s house. She stays in the one in which he died and she was residing. As for if it was rented and she was evicted, she is excused. But if the house is his, or the landlords allow it, and she remains in it, she stays in it until she completes the waiting period.
The second: not wearing beautiful clothes. Ordinary clothes.
The third: not using perfume, henna, and the like.
The fourth: not wearing jewelry of gold and silver.
The fifth: not using kohl.
As for her going out for her need, there is no harm. She goes out for her job: a teacher, a student, she sells in the market for her need. There is no harm.
The presenter: Is it permissible for the woman in mourning, O Shaykh, to move from one village to another?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: Is she allowed to travel, O Shaykh?
Answer: She is not allowed to travel.
The presenter: She is not allowed to travel.
The Shaykh: She must stay in the house.
The presenter: Very well.
The Shaykh: And she must spend the night in it.
The presenter: May Allah preserve you.
From her questions, O Shaykh, she says, this questioner from Yemen, Ahmad 'Abdullah, says: A woman’s husband died, and it was difficult for her to observe the waiting period of four months and ten days, given that she performs heavy work in the house and outside the house. What is the solution in that? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
She must observe the waiting period of four months and ten days, and she must observe the mourning restrictions. She does the work she is compelled to do. If she is an employee, she goes to her job. If she is a teacher, she goes to teach and returns. She must stay in her house until she completes the four months and ten days. There is no harm in her going out for her need, or her job, or her work if she has work in buying and selling in the market. She goes out, but she must be covered, and she must not touch perfume, or kohl, or henna, and she must not wear jewelry. However, she goes out in ordinary clothes for her need. It is permissible for her to go out for her need in her buying and selling, her teaching job, or otherwise. There is no blame on her in that.
The presenter: May Allah preserve you. By doing that, O Shaykh, she avoids adornment in her clothing?
Answer: She avoids adornment, perfume, jewelry, kohl, and the like. She is prohibited from these; because the woman in mourning is prohibited from five things:
The first: going out without need. She must stay in the house if it is feasible for her to stay in her husband’s house. She stays in the one in which he died and she was residing. As for if it was rented and she was evicted, she is excused. But if the house is his, or the landlords allow it, and she remains in it, she stays in it until she completes the waiting period.
The second: not wearing beautiful clothes. Ordinary clothes.
The third: not using perfume, henna, and the like.
The fourth: not wearing jewelry of gold and silver.
The fifth: not using kohl.
As for her going out for her need, there is no harm. She goes out for her job: a teacher, a student, she sells in the market for her need. There is no harm.
The presenter: Is it permissible for the woman in mourning, O Shaykh, to move from one village to another?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The presenter: Is she allowed to travel, O Shaykh?
Answer: She is not allowed to travel.
The presenter: She is not allowed to travel.
The Shaykh: She must stay in the house.
The presenter: Very well.
The Shaykh: And she must spend the night in it.
The presenter: May Allah preserve you.
Source
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