Farhat Hashmi
| Farhat Hashmi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | فرحت ہاشمی |
| Born |
Farhat Hashmi December 22, 1957 Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
Farhat Hashmi (Urdu: فرحت ہاشمی) (born December 22, 1957) is an Islamic scholar from Pakistan She was formerly a lecturer and assistant professor at the Faculty of Usul-al-Din at International Islamic University, Islamabad. Hashmi founded Al-Huda Institute in Mississauga (Toronto area), Ontario, Canada, in 2004 as an extension of Al-Huda International, which she had founded in Pakistan in 1994.
Farhat Hashmi was born in Sargodha, Punjab to the family of Abdur Rehman Hashmi, a Muslim scholar. She received her masters degree in Arabic at the Punjab University, Lahore, and was married shortly afterwards to Idrees Zubair, a fellow Islamic scholar. Together, the couple achievhed their PhD in Hadeeth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Hashmi taught at the International Islamic University Islamabad, while also conducting informal religious study circles for women in Islamabad.
Hashmi preaches on wide variety of topics which range from spirituality to healthy living.
During a sermon when asked by a woman what a wife should do if her husband was unwilling to help her destitute parents, Hashmi promptly quoted An-Nisa, 34 (Chapter Al Nisa, verse 34) of the Quran, arguing that the wife should comply with her husband's wishes, "no matter what, as he was her divinely appointed imam."
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