Day Questions

If a man waives the remaining time in a temporary marriage which was consummated, then after a few days the same man and woman engage in another temporary marriage which is not consummated, will the women have to observe the waiting period after it ends?

When the marriage is consummated and the time of the temporary marriage is finished or the husband forgoes the remaining time of marriage, if the couple wanted to remarry again then the woman does not have to undertake the waiting period, iddah. If the woman wanted to marry another man, she is not permitted to do so unless she observes the waiting period of the marriage with the previous husband.

I am in the middle of my Iddah and I am getting to know someone else and I have one more period to be free. Can I still see other men with the intention of marriage, or do I need to finish my third period?

Just meeting the other person is permissible, but anything else is not permissible including looking with lust and flirtatious behavior, so we warn you of further prohibitions that this could lead to.

If the husband dies just after the marriage contract, but before the wedding ceremony and consummation of the marriage, does the wife inherit from him?

The wife inherits her husband once the marriage contract took place. However, if the man was ill – and clearly appeared to be so – when the marriage contract took place, she will inherit from him only if they consummated the marriage. If the marriage was not consummated in this case, she does not inherit from him after his death, and there is no dower, and there is no need for her to observe the waiting period (Iddah).

I am a professional photographer. Can I take photographs of women and men in wedding ceremonies where women wear traditional clothes (not proper Hijab) and there is mix gathering, but there is no chance of me falling into a sin and there is no alcohol served there? Would the income from this be lawful? Is photography of women by itself prohibited? Can I employ a woman who does the photography so that I do not have to go the mix gathering?

Taking photographs is a permissible profession. You can also take photographs in mixed gathering such as weddings where women are not observing Hijab, but it is prohibited to look at non-Mahram women with lust. Having said that, women must wear the Hijab in the presence of non-Mahram men even in wedding ceremonies. Observing Hijab is obligatory on the woman in any place in the presence of non-Mahram men, even at her own house. It is better to hire a woman to do the photography in such cases.

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