A lady „mufassirah‟, Dr Farhat Hashmi has issued her fatwa that a woman‟s I‟tikaaf is valid only in a Musjid, not at home.

Answer

The poor aunt is lost and astray. She is a jaahilah, not a mufassirah. The jaahilah's brains are stunted as an effect of her voracious craving for exhibition and prominence. Whereas the natural role created for her by Allah Ta'ala is the home, this misguided aunt led on the noose by Iblees has set herself up as an authority of the Shariah.

People should beware of her deceptive 'tafseer' inspired by Iblees. Only a thorough jaahilah has the temerity to utter the nonsense she has disgorged regarding I'tikaaf for females. Through the long history of Islam, the Fuqaha have taught that females should observe I'tikaaf at home. Now in this era of Aakhiruz Zamaan there mushrooms a jaahilah who advertises herself as a 'mufassirah' to deceive women. Shall the women of the Ummah follow the established practice of the Ummah or the stupid view of a stupid aunt?

To save them from being deviated from Siraatul Mustaqeem, Muslim women should not listen to the propagation of this jaahilah who is in fact one of the agents of shaitaan.