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What precautions should a solo female traveler consider if she feels uncomfortable praying discreetly in non-Muslim countries and non-Shia mosques? Can she postpone midday prayers until just before sunset to avoid negative experiences?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

That's very good that you plan your itinerary around your prayer time. This will definitely bring barakah to you in this life and the hereafter.

Such scenarios do not exempt you from not praying, and that is a major sin. If it is a matter of delaying from the recommended time, but still in the shar'i time, that's fine. 

Just base things on individual scenarios that you encounter, and make correct judgments accordingly.

And Allah knows best
Is it allowed for a Sunni Muslim woman to marry a Shia Muslim man without her parents' consent if they are opposed to the marriage proposal on account of sectarian prejudice?
Sayyed Muhammad Husaini Ragheb

Wa Aleikum Assalam
Not allowed for her if her father's permission is required in their Mazhab(school of Fiqh).
Would Mut'ah marriages be allowed in paradise? Would a woman who had multiple Mut'ah marriages be limited to having only one husband in paradise?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There are two opinions among the scholars in this matter. One opinion says: Yes, Mut’ah marriages will be allowed in Paradise because of the Quranic verse about Paradise: And It will have everything which is desired by anyone). (Sura 43, verse 71).

This opinion also says that woman who wants more than one husband will be allowed to have in Paradise more than one husband.

The other opinion says that the desires in Paradise will be different from the desires in this worldly life as the believers in Paradise will see the Truth which did not see in worldly life. All the desires in Paradise will be pure and noble, so no one in Paradise will desire something which is not noble. No believing woman in Paradise will desire more than one husband.

These are the two opinions and we leave the real answer to Allah (SWT) as we have not yet seen the Paradise and we pray to Allah (SWT) to Grant us the Paradise, then we will know the reality which we don't know in this world.

Wassalam.
In congregational prayers, why are women required to stand behind men in the prayer rows? Does this not seem unfair to women? Shouldn't the rows for men and women be positioned next to one another?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is important to keep the respect of women not to bow in Ruku' and prostrate in Sujood in front of men. Men should not see the women bowing down or prostrating. The rows of women should be behind the rows of men.

Wassalam.