(Hardback)
Pages 1008
Daar Ibn Hazm
This is a combined two volume compilation of legal Islamic rulings for Muslim women. It contains rulings from many of the major Scholars of Islaam such as ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Ibraaheem Aali-Shaykh, ash-Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa’dee, ash-Shaykh ‘Abdullah bin Humayd, ash-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, ash-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, ash-Shaykh ‘Abdullah bin Jibreen and ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan. The book begins with an Introduction, how the book was compiled and the sources that the rulings were collected from. After this there are brief biographies of each Shaykh provided. Book one deals with ‘Aqeedah, Tahaarah, Salaah, Zakaah, Sawm, Hajj, the woman’s head covering, and woman’s beautification. This first part is 502 pages and contains hundreds of legal rulings for the Muslim woman.
The second volume deals with women’s issues and deals with rulings concerning the woman’s hair, shaking hands with a woman, seclusion and intermingling between a man and a woman, the rulings on marriage, rulings on divorce, Khula’, ath-Thahaar (making your wife impressible by saying you are like my mother or sister), the timeframe for a divorced woman, rulings on breast feeding, child support, rulings centered on spending on one’s children, guardianship, al-Ihdaad (the waiting time for a woman whose husband has passed away), rulings on inheritance, oaths and swearing, raising children, serving one’s parents, various rulings affiliated with the Muslim woman.
This is a very beneficial book with a lot of information that everyone can benefit from. The book is available in hardcover and makes for an excellent reference work.
