Muftiyah Nasima Umm Hamza holds a degree from Queen Mary University in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and she is a qualified teacher. After studying in Egypt and attaining Ijazaat and an Islamic Scholarship (Alimiyyah) under the tutelage of Shaykh Akram Nadwi, she established The Quran Institute with her husband. Currently, she is an instructor and course co-ordinator for The Quran Institute, Deputy Headteacher at The Quran Academy which she also co-founded with her husband, and a pastoral care worker at al-Madad Outreach. She completed her studies in iftaa at Darul Ilm Birmingham to qualify as a muftiyah. He also attained certification of proficiency in Hifz and Al-Ma’sarawi Institute, Cairo. She is also a proud homemaker and mother of four.

Additional information about the ‘Alimiyyah and his teacher

The Shahada al-‘Alimiyyah has been translated as ‘Licence in Islamic Scholarship’ and is the most distinguished accolade awarded by the Institute. This is in addition to the ijazat received throughout the ISP upon completion of certain texts of fiqh and hadith. 

Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi is a world-renowned scholar of Indian origin who has lived in England for the past thirty years. He is the recipient of the Allāmah Iqbāl prize for contribution to Islamic thought and is the Principal and Co-Founder of Al-Salam Institute. Over the course of two decades, he researched Hadith and Sufi orders in India, amongst other scholarly topics. He has published widely in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, and English. His publications include translations, such as his work on Shah Wali Allah; editions of Arabic texts, such as a renowned critical edition of Usūl al-Shāshī in Ḥanafī jurisprudence; and original monographs on Islamic law, Hadith sciences, and figures such as Abū Ḥanīfah and Sayyid Abul Ḥasan ‘Alī Nadwī. He is also the author of Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam, a monumental 43-volume biographical dictionary which charts some of the significant contributions made by female Hadith scholars over the past 1400 years.Additional information about the ‘Alimiyyah and Teachers

Additional information about the Ifta and his teacher

She successfully graduated from the Institution's Faculty of Jurisprudence and Legal Verdicts in the Islamic month of Ramadān 1441 AH. She has passed the final examination and has remained a model student throughout her studies through devotion, hard work and exemplary decorum. The Institution confers upon him this certificate and grants him license in the fields of Jurisprudence and Legal Verdicts, that she may further serve them, for indeed he is trustworthy, capable and authorised to do so. She was authorised by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah. 

Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah graduated from Darul Uloom, Bury, as a qualified Hafidh, Alim and Mufti under the guidance of Shaykh Hazrat Moulana Yousuf Motala Sahib (D.B) in addition to having the honour of being taught by leading UK Scholars like Hazrat Shaykh Moulana Hashim Sahib, Shaykh Hazrat Moulana Mufti Shabir Sahib, Shaykh Hazrat Moulana Abdul Raheem Sahib, Shaykh Hazrat Moulana Bilal Sahib, Shaykh Hazrat Mufti Tahir Wadee Sahib and Shaykh Hazrat Moulana Naushaad Sahib. He is practically and theoretically conversant and knowledgeable in the field of Islamic studies and theology. He graduated from Birmingham City University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in LLB Law. He has completed a Dissertation on Islamic Inheritance Law in Theology and in Practice.

Additional information about Ijazaat

She attained Ijazaat Amma & Samaa’ from the following shuyoukh in the UK

1. Shaykh Mohammed Akram An-Nadwi

2. Shaykh Muhammad Ziad bin Omar al-Tuklah - Kitab al-Ikhlas wa-al-Niyah of Ibn Abi al-Dunya and Juz al-Ansari

3. Shaykh Muhammad Ayyub Surti; senior student of Shaykh Yunus Jaunpuri and possessor of one of the highest and unique Hadith isnads in the United Kingdom - Ijazah for al-Awail al-Sunbuliyyah

She attained Ijazaat Amma & Samaa’ from the following shuyoukh in Al-Maghrib from the city of Rabat and Fez

1. Shaykh Abdur Razzaq al-Kattani

2. Shaykh Badr al-Din al-Kattani3. Shaykha Nuzha Kattaniyyah

4. Shaykha Nurul Huda Kattaniyyah

5. Shaykh Jafar al-Kattani

6. Shaykh Muhammad Abdur Rahman al-Kattani

7. Shaykh Abdur Razzaq al-Jay

8. Shaykh Muhammad al-Siqalli

9. Shaykh Imam Abdur Rahman al-Kattani (possessor of the highest isnads in the world) Ijaza samaa’ (hearing) of the entire Shamail of Tirmidhi

10. Shaykh Muhammad Idris al-Fasi al-Fihri (Khatib of Jami al-Qarawiyin)

11. Shaykha Bahiyyah al-Qutbiyyah (107 years old and student of Imam Tahir Ibn Ashour)

She attained Ijazaat from the following scholars from Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah

* الشيخ رحمة الله بن عبد الغني البرماوي سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية وأوائل الكتب الستة والدارمي والموطأين وبر الوالدين.* الشيخ حامد بن أحمد بن أكرم البخاري سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية* الشيخة منيرة بنت جمال سنبل سمعنا منها الحديث المسلسل بالأولية وأوائل الكتب الستة والدارمي والموطأين وبر الوالدين.* الشيخ علي بن سالم بن سعيد الحضرمي سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية* الشيخ عبد الله التوم سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية والأوائل السنبلية وعوالي الغيلانيات* الشيخ عبد الرحمن بن حسين الموجان الغامدي سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية والحديث المسلسل بالمحبة والأوائل السنبلية كاملاً وعوالي الغيلانيات* الشيخ عبد الوكيل بن عبد الحق الهاشمي سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية والحديث المسلسل بالعين والأوائل السنبلية كاملاً وعوالي الغيلانيات* الشيخ عبد القيوم بن عبد الغفور السندي سمعنا منه الحديث المسلسل بالأولية والأوائل السنبلية كاملاً وعوالي الغيلانيات.