Ramadan Rulings for Women in the of Light of al-Qawaid al-Kubra: al-âAllamah Muhammad al-Hassan Walid al-Dido al-Shanqiti [part one]
Friday, August 31st, 2007[I begin] with the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Exerciser of Mercy. I send prayers and salutations upon the one brought out as a mercy to everything, his family, companions and whoever follows his guidance and his way until the Last Day.
Indeed, women are distinguished with several specific rulings [in Islamic law]. That is because the Shariâah rulings are built on consideration of differences between individuals, kindness and gentleness. Allah [The Exalted] says:
âHe [Allah] did not place upon you, in the religion [Islam], any hardship.â
The 7 Parameters of mushaqa [hardships]:
There is a universal maxim, from the major maxims of Shariâah, which states âHardship brings ease.â Thus, if something causes difficulties for people, then Allah [The Exalted] lifts the obligation of its observance and removes its hardship. For that reason, the scholars mentioned the precepts of hardship [meaning the applicability of this maxim] as: sickness, weakness, insufficiency, abundance, traveling, indecisiveness and fear. These precepts [if present] will lead to hardship. Thus, if any one of them presents themselves ,the Shariâah takes it into consideration [by assigning it a ruling that relieves its burden].


