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Video Excerpts - Syedna Fakhruddin TUS First Press Meet

On Friday March 24, 2017, Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS graced the first press meet by a Dai-l-Mutlaq in recent Dawat history. Syedna Fakhruddin’s presence and dialogue was immensely impactful and left an impression of confidence, clarity, vision, strength and graciousness on everyone’s heart.

Syedna TUS Mab’as 1437H Waaz & First Misaq

On Tuesday afternoon, Rajab 27 1437H/ May 3 2016, Syedna Taher Fakhruddin presided over Mab’as day Majlis at 4pm in Darus Sakina, Thane and performed bayaan mubarak. After bayaan mubarak, Syedna Fakhruddin, took Misaaq of Mumineen on the mubarak occasion of Mab’as Day. We are pleased to present 7 short clips from Syedna's TUS waaz.

For Women in Our Community “There is No Glass Ceiling”

Maulatuna Hurratul Malika’s example shines forth like a beacon. She achieved the highest ranks in Deen and Dunya. She set the benchmark, especially for Muminaat, for centuries to come. Click here to read the full article by Shehzada Dr Aziz Bhaisaheb Qutbuddin.

Shabbaraat - Significance, Prayer, Thum Washeq

It is indeed an effort and a task to pray the 15th raat washeq: to stand straight and focus on ‘ibaadat for so long. The washeq is a manifestation of the effort required to stand firm in the walaayat and taa’at of Awliyaa’ullah and their Hudood.

Maulatuna Hurratul Malika Arwa binte Ahmad RA

On the occasion of Urus we are pleased to present this biographical article on Maulatuna Hurratul Malika. The article is written by Shz. Dr. Saifiyah baisaheba who researched and wrote her PhD thesis at Oxford University on the history of the Du’aat Mutlaqeen in Yemen. Read the full article presented here.

Niyaz and Roza Qutbiyyah Contribution

Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA was a beacon of light. It is befitting that Syedna Qutbuddin’s roza, as Syedna Fakhruddin TUS said, “shines for the people of the sky as the stars shine for those on earth.” To contribute, please click here. Mumineen participate in the khidmat of niyaaz and also contribute regularly to join in the sawaab of Mazaar-e-Qutbi Niyaaz. If you would like to participate, click here.

Connect Locally

Bihamdillah Imamat namaz and majalis are conducted all over the world by the raza mubarak of Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS. To find out more about majalis and events near you, and to connect with your local mas'ul and other mumineen click here.

Request audience with Syedna Fakhruddin TUS

Recognising the unique challenges of the time where Mumineen cannot always travel to be with Syedna Fakhruddin TUS personally, bethak via videoconferencing will be arranged on a weekly basis for Mumineen who wish to have an audience with Syedna TUS. For further details, click here.

54th Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Taher Fakhruddin

His Holiness Syedna Taher Fakhruddin is the successor to the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin; he is the 54thDai al-Mutlaq. According to Dawoodi Bohra faith he is vested with the absolute authority of the Imam who is in seclusion.

Al-Dai al-Ajall al-Fatemi Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS succeeds our most beloved and forever remembered Muqaddas Maulana Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA, as 54th Dai of the Dawoodi Bohra community. As Moiz Imam said to Syedna Qadi l-Nu’man, “One Maula has passed away, but another Maula remains.” (Maulaka mada wa-maulaka baqiya).

Syedna Qutbuddin bestows nazaraat on his successor Syedna Fakhruddin on 27th Muharram 1437H, the day on which Nass was bestowed on the 54th Dai

Syedna Qutbuddin with Syedna Fakhruddin at a young age.

Syedna Qutbuddin and Syedna Fakhruddin perform ziarat of Syedna Taher Saifuddin

Syedna Qutbuddin and Syedna Fakhruddin

Syedna Fakhruddin in Ibaadat

Syedna Fakhruddin giving Jamea Saifiyah 11th Shafahi (oral) Exam in Hazrat of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin

Syedna Fakhruddin departing Darus Sakina for Ashara Waaz in Thane Masjid 1407H.

Syedna Fakhruddin delivering Ashara Waaz in Thane by Farman of Syedna Burhanuddin. This was his first Ashara. Syedna Burhanuddin unexpectedly gave farman for waaz 3 days before the beginning of Muharram.

Syedna Fakhruddin with mumineen.

Syedna Fakhruddin does talaqqi of Syedna Burhanuddin in Al-Azhar, Saify Mahal.

Syedna Fakhruddin does wadhawanu rasam of Syedna Burhanuddin in Alazhar, Saify Mahal

Syedna Burhanuddin bestowing shafaqat on a young Syedna Fakhruddin as Syedna Qutbuddin looks on.

Syedna Burhanuddin bestowing shafaqat on Syedna Fakhruddin in Syedna Qutbuddin's bethak in Al-Azhar, Saify Mahal.

Syedna Qutbuddin bestows shafaqat on Syedna Fakhruddin.

Syedna Burhanuddin, Syedna Qutbuddin and a young Syedna Fakhruddin

Syedna Fakhruddin at Amirul Mumineen's Mehraab in Jame' Kufa

Syedna Fakhruddin performing ziarat of Amirul Mumineen in Najaf-E-Ashraf

Syedna Fakhruddin delivering Ashara Waaz in Karbala Mo'alla by farmaan of Syedna Burhanuddin in 1432H

Syedna Fakhruddin proceeding to Faiz-e-Husaini Masjid for Ashara Waaz in Karbala Mo'alla by farmaan of Syedna Burhanuddin in 1432H

Syedna Fakhruddin delivering Ashura Maqtal Waaz in Karbala Mo'alla by farmaan of Syedna Burhanuddin in 1432H

Syedna Fakhruddin performing qadambosi of Syedna Qutbuddin on 27th Muharram 1437H after Urus Majlis - the day the 53rd Dai anointed him as his successor

Nass

Al-Dai al-Ajall al-Fatemi Syedna Taher Fakhruddin TUS succeeds our most beloved and forever remembered Muqaddas Maulana Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA, as 54^th Dai of the Dawoodi Bohra community. As Moiz Imam said to Syedna Qadi l-Nu’man, “One Maula has passed away, but another Maula remains.” (Maulaka mada wa-maulaka baqiya). This year on the 27th of Muharram, the Urus Mubarak of Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed RA in the Poconos, USA, Syedna Qutbuddin performed Nass on Syedna Taher as his successor and granted him the laqab Fakhruddin. Maulana Qutbuddin advised the witnesses to keep the Nass confidential and gave to their safekeeping his handwritten wasiyyat of Nass.

Tarbiyat by Syedna Burhanuddin and Syedna Qutbuddin

Beloved eldest son of Syedna Qutbuddin, Maulana Taher was born in Mumbai on 26^th Rabiul Akhar 1388H (21 July 1968), during the era of the 52^nd Dai Muqaddas Maulana Mohammed Burhanuddin RA, who gave him the mubarak name of his revered grandfather Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA. Syedna Burhanuddin bestowed on him many special blessings and honors, including haddiyyat. In his childhood and youth Maulana Taher had the azeem sharaf of taking regular sabaq with Maulana Burhanuddin.

Throughout Maulana Taher’s life, moreover, he received his father Maulana Qutbuddin’s continuous personal and special training in ilm-e Aal-e Mohammed and in the running and siyasat of Dawat affairs. For some years, Maulana Taher lived in Cairo, and studied Arabic and Quran memorization and recitation.

Secular Education

In secular institutions, Maulana Taher obtained an MA in Arabic literature from London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and prior to that, he topped the cohort of Bombay University in his Arabic literature B.A.

Business Acumen

Like Syedna Ismail Badruddin Bawa RA—on whose Urus mubarak this year Syedna Qutbuddin obtained wafaat and Maulana Taher became Dai— Maulana Taher also possesses acute business acumen, and is especially well versed in agricultural development and finance.

Khidmat in Syedna Burhanuddin's Era

Syedna Fakhruddin performed selfless and tireless khidmat of Syedna Burhanuddin RA and his Mansoos and Mazoon Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA.

He delivered Ashara waaz in Thane for the first time at a notice of only three days at the young age of 20. Syedna Burhanuddin personally asked Syedna Fakhruddin three days before Muharram about his readiness to deliver waaz. Syedna Fakhruddin arazed that if it is Maulana’s farmaan I will be prepared. Syedna Fakhruddin also delivered waaz in Mohammadiyya, Ujjain, Rajkot and on the year of Syedna Burhanuddin’s 100^th Milad he delivered Ashara waaz in Karbala Mo’alla.

Syedna Taher was also at the forefront of the defense of Syedna Burhanuddin Aqa himself when communal forces tried to attack him in Bhendi Bazaar, and was fearless in taking the lead in his defense, and mumineen who were anxious but not knowing what to do then followed him and the danger on Burhanuddin Mola's person was averted.

He served Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin - then Mansoos and Mazoon - diligently since a young age of 14, and later at only 18 years of age took on the full responsibility of managing all aspects of the Mazoon-e-Dawat's office and activities from khidmat of awraq (preparation for sermons), to organising social and other institutions, to managing events and audiences for mumineen.

Syedna Qutbuddin referred many who came to him for advise to Syedna Taher Fakhruddin, on matters ranging from marriage counseling to business problems, to arbitrating in disputes. Syedna Taher has counseled thousands of mumineen in this manner through his more than 30 of years of khidmat, transforming and turning around the lives of many. All this in extreme and difficult circumstances when the Mazoon of Burhanuddin Mola was being maligned by people from within the family itself. There were manymareka where Syedna Taher was at the forefront in the defense of Syedna Qutbuddin when he was attacked, sometimes even physically, by his detractors.

Khidmat in Syedna Qutbuddin's Era

In the two years since Syedna Burhanuddin’s wafaat in 2014, Maulana Taher has been in charge of Syedna Qutbuddin’s Fatemi Dawat’s administration in the United States, and has regularly led namaaz and conducted majlis in his home in Bakersfield, California, which have been internationally broadcast through YouTube. His Muharram waaz in both these past years have also been broadcast online, and thousands listened to the waaz and took from Maulana Taher’s bayaan the barakaat of Zikr Husain SA and Ilme Aale Muhammad SA.

May Allah Ta’ala grant Syedna Qutbuddin the jiwar of Panjetan Paak and Aimmat Fatemiyyeen in Jannaat un naeem, in the saff of the Duaat Mutlaqeen, in the shafeeq saya of Syedna Taher Saifuddin and Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. May He grant Syedna Qutbuddin afzalul jaza, from us, his humblest servants, and indeed, from the Dawat of Imamuz zaman SA.

May Allah ta’ala grant Maulana Taher, and all of us who will remember Syedna Qutbuddin in every single moment as long we live, sabr-e jameel.

May Allah ta’ala grant Syedna Taher Fakhruddin longest life till qiyamat, and the strength to perform Imamuz zaman khidmat. May Allah grant Syedna Qutbuddin qurratul ayn in his beloved son and successor.