Re: Istikhara
oh i know what u mean… i usually get my Mum to ask the Alim’s wife, and she transfers the question 
oh man, you have no idea how many ppl dont like Farhat Hashmi in and outside pakistan 
and when asked as to exactly what it is she says that is against the quran and sunnah, they get dumb-struck and have no answer, or they come up with Maulana xyz said so… I mean come on! why cant ppl judge for themselves.
Once, I had a discussion with someone and he said hamare “buzurg” tells us to not listen to her… and i asked him ke kyouN… he said there were 3 reasons, he cud only remember 2 and even these two had no implication on her (on of the accusations were completely false, and the other was a matter on which the scholars differed!!!)
I think the reason why some ppl will tell u to not listen to her is bcoz she doesn’t pertain to any particular School of thought… I mean she mentions all of them here and there, but she won’t like say that here is the hanafi method of prayer, follow it! she presents all ahadith and i guess thats what doesn’t sit well with the ppl of pakistan!