| Fataawaa for Sisters: Prayer, Wine and high-heeled Shoes |
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| Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | |
 By Shaykh Muhammad Naasirud-Deen al-AlbaaneeWhat should the Muslimah do whose husband forces her to drink wine, and other issues fundamental to women!
[Q.1] What is the Islaamic ruling upon a husband offering khamr (wine and intoxicants) to his wife, threatening to divorce her if she refuses it, although he knows that she is regular in her Prayers?
[A.1] The answer to this question is well-known! “There can be no obedience to the creation, if it involves disobedience to the creator.” [1] It is not permissible for the wife to obey her husband in disobedience to Allaah – the Most High, and her divorce from him is better for her. Allaah says:
“But if their intention is firm for divorce, Allaah sees and knows all things.” [Sooratul-Baqarah 2:227]
[Q.2] Is it permissible for women to wear high-heeled shoes?
[A.2] This is not permissible. It involves resembling the disbelieving women, or the wicked women. It has its origins amongst the Jewish women before Islaam. When one of them wanted to attend a gathering where her lover was present, she would wear a pair of high shoes for him to see her, being taller. Then after a time, those became high-heeled shoes. Further, that type of shoe changes a woman’s way of walking, causing her to tilt from left to right, and therefore, the wicked and unbelievers choose this type of shoe. Therefore, a Muslim woman following the Sharee’ah (Islaamic Law) should not wear high-heeled shoes; especially since many times it causes her to fall!
[Q.3] With regard to a woman who did not pray, though she was Muslim, due to lack of fear of the Punishment of Allaah, but then she repents to Allaah; does she have to make up the missed Prayers?
[A.3] First, she should repent to Allaah for what she did in those days – with the usual and known repentance, with its necessary conditions. [2] She should then be careful after that to pray the Prayer at its time, and should pray as much nafl (supererogatory) Prayers to make up for the great good which she missed in those days when she left the Prayer. [3]
Footnotes:
[3] Extracted from a tape by Shaykh al-Albaanee.
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