The View of Hazrat Mufti Taqi Uthmani Sahib D.B and other eminent scholars regarding Farhat Hashmi

Please be aware the Dr. Farhat Hashmi is not a scholar of religion and has not studied the Deen under any qualified and reliable Ulema. Rather she has studied and attained a PHD in Islamic Studies at the university of Glasgow.

Her talks and lectures have gained a lot of fame and popularity amongst the public. All Muslims should be aware that many of Dr. Farhat Hashmi’s teachings are based on ignorance from true knowledge of the Quran and Hadith, and conflict with the consensus and practice of the Ummah since 1400 years. Below are some of her deviant teachings.

Dr. Farhat Hashmi claims that it is not permissible for one to follow one of the four schools of thought of Islamic Jurisprudence. Rather, one should follow one’s own understanding and interpretation of the Quran and Hadith. She claims that to follow one of the four Imams is sheer ignorance. We ask “Was the practice of the Ummah throughout the 1400 years based on sheer ignorance?”

She claims that if someone has a lot of Salahs to make up for, there is no need to do Qaza, and to do Taubah is enough. All four schools of thought are unanimous on the fact that if one has missed a Salah, he/she should make up for it (Qadha) as soon as possible. It is narrated in the Hadith of Muslim that the Prophet of Allah Salla Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said, “Whosoever from amongst you misses his Salah due to sleep, or forgets to pray, then he should perform it as soon as he remembers.” When it’s necessary to do Qaza of the forgotten Salah, it will be more important to do Qaza of the one which is neglected deliberately.

She teaches that after learning the translation and brief meaning of the Quran, one is able to interpret and extract rules from the Holy Quran from his own understanding. Whereas The Prophet of Allah Salla Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam has said, “Whosoever interprets the Holy Quran through his own opinion, then he has erred even though he may have interpreted it correctly.

She teaches that it is permissible for a woman in her menses to recite the Holy Quran, and that she is allowed to touch the Quran using gloves. The Prophet of Allah Salla Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam says in the narration of Ibn Majah the “The one in a state of impurity, and the one in her menses should not recite the Holy Quran.” Imam Tirmizi R.A mentions that that this was the opinion of the majority of the people of knowledge, the Companions R.A and the Tabieen.

Regarding this, Dr. Farhat Hashmi says “Who are these people to place such restrictions upon us women?” How can such a statement be made regarding the Sahabah, and Tabieen.

As you can see, such teaching are from the Haq, the true Deen and this shows how little understanding Dr. Farhat Hashmi has of the Shariah.

She wants the Ummah to lose their trust in the God-Fearing and eminent Ulema who spent their entire lives learning and teaching the Deen, and she wants people to place their trust on her teachings and follow some new sort of modern Deen which invites anyone and everyone to pick up the Quran and the Ahaadith and make an interpretation according to their own understanding.

Brothers and sisters should be warned to stay away from such teachings, and adhere to the teachings of the rightly guided scholars.

May Allah Ta’ala give us all true awareness and keep us steadfast on the straight path. Ameen.