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Assalamualaikum Mufti Sahb.

Firstly, jazakallahu khaira for making time to answer my questions and they are as follows:

1)      Is it permissible for a woman who’s married to style her hair (ie. straightening, perming, curling, dying) for her husband?

2)      May you please quote for me the Quranic verse which prohibits a woman from cutting her hair?

3)     What is the punishment of a woman who plucks/ shapes her eyebrows?

4)     Some people say that a woman is allowed to recite and touch the Quraan in the state of haidh due to the saying of the Prophet SAW to Hadhrat Aaisha r.a. to the extent that ‘You should do like the other pilgrimage except you cannot perform tawaaf nor solat’ (or like how Nabi SAW has narrated the hadith). They say that this indicates that Hadhrat Aaisha r.a. was in the state of impurity and to recite the Quraan was not prohibited by Nabi SAW therefore a person in the state of haidh is allowed to recite and touch the Quraan. How do you reply to this?

5)     When is a woman’s hair considered ‘long’ (ie. Is there any specific length)?

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Respected Mufti Sahb.

My family members and I have always had this thing about severing ties. Alhamdulillah I am married and my husband and I are practicing Muslims. Our family members on both sides are well knit too alhamdulillah. However, whenever I do not speak to my male cousins or uncles (father’s sisters’ husbands) they would say that I am severing ties. They always say that in Islam a Muslim should always have good relations with their family members and should not sever the kinship.

I am aware that they are not telling me directly that I am/will be the means of causing the severing of ties in my family. Whenever my husband and I try to explain things regarding Islam, they would always bring up the subject of silaturrahim of being something of utmost importance and we must not attempt to break it. All I want are some Quraanic verses and authentic ahadeeth as dalail to show them that I am not in the wrong nor am I trying to sever family ties by practicing purdah. It will also serve as proof that what I am doing is in the confinements of Syari’ah and required by it.

Another issue which arises from this is attending mixed family gatherings. My husband and I dislike and abhor such events. It is a little bit difficult to explain to them our reasoning since they do not believe that purdah is necessary and it was only commanded upon the wives and daughters of Nabi SAW. We only attend to such functions just to please our family members and to not ‘sever ties’ with them. I will always make sure that I either stay in a room or only be with my female family members to avoid communication with na mahram men.

Please provide with me Quraanic verses and authentic ahadeeth for these two matters since my family members do not really prefer the virtues but rather the authenticity of the dalail.

1)    Any Quraanic verse or hadeeth that show although silaturrahim is important in Islam and cannot be severed intentionally, the commandments of Allah is of higher priority (esp. when it comes for practicing purdah)?

2)    Any Quraanic verse or hadeeth that prove that segregation is required when conducting functions and also it will be permissible to decline a request to attend gatherings wherein the people mix freely?

Jazakallahu khaira.

Wassalam