I’ve shared this privately with others on several occasions and thought it would be beneficial to post more publicly as well. It’s a beautiful story and one of my favorites, with many benefits to be taken. Here, I’ll share a brief summary of the event in question, followed by benefits I’ve heard various students of knowledge mention. The Story Umm Salamah and her husband...
The Context A sister (or a troll, in all likelihood, based on their behavior in the comments) made a post on our sub asking if it was worth it to lose out on a lucrative job or first-world citizenship just for refusing to shake hands with the opposite sex. The post was removed for a number of reasons (including references to callers to misguidance and "mainstream scholars", in addition...
From what I understand there are two opinions on this issue: 1a) The more conservative view is that the only thing a man can see of a woman is the face and the hands. So if she normally wears niqab, she can appear before him in just hijab, while maintaining her abaya/jilbab, and of course, no jewelry or makeup. 1b) One variation on this view states that a man can see her without the hijab...
A short PDF by Shaykh Mashhoor Hassan al-Salmaan which discusses the permissibility of menstruating women handling the mushaf while in a state of janabah (ritual impurity). Download PDF The Pushback When this information was posted to the SistersInSunnah subreddit, a user took issue with the stance and made a post refuted the opinion. Some back and forth occurred, but alhamdulillah, one of the...