Upon returning to Pakistan she launched Al-Huda International a non-government welfare trust which seeks to educate women as to how they can interpret and then employ Islamic principles in their daily lives. While teaching at the International Islamic University, Hashmi had started informal religious classes for women. During this time, they both travelled to Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Soon after they moved to Scotland where they enrolled in the doctorate programme of Islamic studies. She married a fellow scholar of Hadith Muhammad Idrees Zubair and the couple took up posts of lecturers at the International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad. Her religious education occurred at her home where she was taught the tenets of Islam by her father. She was educated at a local school then studied at the Government College for women Sargodha and ultimately completed her Master's degree in Arabic Language from the University of Punjab, Lahore. Her father, Abdur Rehman Hashmi, was a Muslim scholar, and the local leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. įarhat Hashmi was born in Sargodha, Punjab, on December 22, 1957. In contrast to rigid and confrontational styles of proselytising, Hashmi has emphasized the need for her students to engage in voluntarily educating others through their examples.
She has stated that her mission is to bring a renewal in Islam, through better understanding of the core scriptures. Most followers come from liberal, literate and modern backgrounds and most are women. She has gained popularity as a feminist scholar both in Pakistan and abroad, as evidenced by crowds of up to ten thousand that attend her religious lessons, called dars : the number of women who got a diploma or certificate are estimated to be around 15 000 while those who followed her courses without formally enrolling are even more numerous. This institute offers courses on exegesis of the Quran and Hadith and attracts students from a number of foreign countries such as Australia. In 2004, the foundation established the Al-Huda Institute in Mississauga (Toronto area), Ontario, Canada. The foundation now runs a network of schools, seminaries and social welfare projects. The foundation started a number of schools to teach the Quran and Hadith to women in order to "help women become better observant muslims by helping them understand the Quran". Hashmi founded Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation in 1994. She holds a PhD degree in Islamic studies from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and was formerly a lecturer and assistant professor at the Faculty of Usul-al-Din at International Islamic University, Islamabad. She has been a student and teacher, at Al Huda Institute, of various Islamic Sciences including Arabic Grammar, Hadith and Fiqh.Farhat Naseem Hashmi ( Urdu: فرحت ہاشمی born December 22, 1957) is a Pakistani Canadian ultraconservative Islamic scholar, Muslim television preacher, and the founder of Al-Huda Institute. Farhat Hashmi (founders of Al Huda International). Taimiyyah Zubair studied under her parents and scholars, Dr.
She is a respected and inspirational role model, teaching both globally and in her community for more than a decade. Taimiyyah Zubair is an established teacher of Quran with a focus on Tafsir and Word Analysis. A mother of two children, she believes every Muslim should learn the Qur’an and Hadith in order to bring benefit into their lives. Taimiyyah Zubair has pursued extended study under their supervision and is currently teaching Quran and Hadith studies at the AlHuda Institute.
In her mid teens she completed her first study of the Translation and Tafseer of the Qur’an and since then she has been educated in various Islamic Sciences, including Arabic Grammar, Fiqh, and Tafseer. Farhat Hashmi, received an upbringing in a household focused on Islamic education. Ustadha Taimiyyah Zubair, the daughter of Dr.