Make your and your family's habits lofty and good. Make these habits a cause of bounty, lest they become a cause of misfortune. Guard carefully your bounty of good habits. – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (AQ), 5th Muharram waaz, Dubai 1425

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA, 1915-2014

Fatemi Dawat

Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra) Waaz Mubarak Glimpses - Glimpses from Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin Aqa’a (tus) Waaz Mubarak on the occasion of the 103rd Milad Mubarak of Al-Hayy al-Muqaddas Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra) in Mumbai, 20th Rabiul Aakhar 1435AH – 20/2/2014. http://akhbar.mumineen.org/archive/fatemi-dawat/milad-syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-ra-waaz-mubarak-glimpses/
Aql and Religion - It does seem a bit baffling, the Quran-e-Majeed, Book of Allah and yet this common word, ‘aql’ meaning amongst other things; rationality, intelligence or intellect, is not there in its root form anywhere at all. Derivatives are found, for sure…
Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin’s (ra) Nass of 1388AH - Miyasaheb Shaikh Ibrahim al-Yamani witnessed and recorded in his diary the nass conferred by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra) upon Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin (tus) in 1388AH. Images of the very pages of the diary themselves, and annotations in Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin…
The 53rd Dai al Mutlaq’s (tus) Historic First Waaz – Milaad Imam il Zamaan (as) - It should have been a day to joyously celebrate but the gold linings, glitter of shining thaalis and sips of sweet sharbat could not hide the sombre pall that was evident during Imam-ul-Zaman’s (as) milad mubarak. The loss of a…
PHOTOS: Alavi community offers Taziyat to Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS - The representative of the Alavi Community’s leader arrived at Saify Masjid Mumbai to offer condolences to Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS on behalf of their leader and his father. Shri Sharad Pawar and other prominent political figures also arrived to offer…

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Misaal mubarak regarding Karbala ziyarat – update your info at ITS52 - Al Dai Al Ajal Al Hayy Al Muqaddas Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin ra was always eager to do ziyaarat of Amirul Mumineen as and Imam Husain as. Thousands of Mumineen received the grand honor of doing these ziyaarat in his august…

Dawoodi Bohra World News Headlines

No schism, just sadness: A Dawoodi Bohra responds - the actions of the Qutbi Bohra organization show that they are determined to undermine the Dawoodi Bohra faith, deceive the Dawoodi Bohra people, insult the Dawoodi Bohra leader, and even threaten to take control of our religious infrastructure. By these actions, they deny to us the same freedom that they have.
Bohra’s spiritual leader receives state protocol | Pakistan Today - The new spiritual leader of the Bohra community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, arrived in Karachi from Mumbai on a day-long visit on Thursday morning. He was received under state protocol from the airport to the Tahiri Mosque in Saddar, where thousands of Bohra followers warmly welcomed their spiritual leader. The government had made strict security arrangements for him.
Bohra community's spiritual leader pays short visit to Karachi | Business Recorder - Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin was warmly received at the Karachi Airport by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Siddiqui, former federal minister Halim Siddiqi, Bohra community's leader in Karachi, Nooruddin Bhai, and a large number of the community members.
A fund of Rs 103.5 crore set up for Dawoodi Bohra community | DNAIndia.com - The members of the Dawoodi Bohra community can avail, as interest free loans, from a corpus fund of Rs 103.51 crore, the money they require to do business, build homes or for education. The fund was declared by the new Syedna, Muffadal Saifuddin, on the occasion of late Syedna, Mohammed Burhanuddin's 103rd birth anniversary on Thursday.
New Bohra leader arrives at Karachi | Pakistan Today - Sayeedna Mufaddal Saifuddin was received warmly by a large crowd of the community members, amid tight security, at the Karachi Airport.
Mumineen rush to aid French victim of attack near Fort - Mumbai Mirror - While Mulla was caught within seconds of the attack, two men, Idris Sathalia, 32 Husain Saylawala, 34, who were on their way home after attending a Dawoodi Bohra rally at Azad Maidan, rushed a bleeding Claudon to St George's Hospital.
Bohras make anti-Syedna faction’s ex-communication official, stick by Mufaddal Saifuddin | www.dnaindia.com - Thousands gathered in support of the new Syenda and 53rd Dai-ul-Mutlaq, Mufaddal Saifuddin at Azad Maidan on Thursday after the demise of his father, late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. The ex-communication of a breakaway faction was made public and a memorandum given to the chief minister so that the community’s support to the new leader is proven and no one else is recognised as the new Dai.

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NYPD’s illegal spying on Muslims was legal, says legal system - This is profoundly disappointing but not entirely unexpected: In a decision filed Thursday in federal court in Newark, U.S. District Judge William Martini dismissed a lawsuit brought in 2012 by eight Muslims who alleged that the NYPD's surveillance programs were unconstitutional because they focused on religion, national origin and race. The suit accused the department of spying on ordinary...Read the full post here »
Valentine’s Day and Islam – the virtues of mohabbat (love) - Happy Valentine's Day! I am biased towards appreciating Valentine's Day not just for it's Gujarati origins but also because it's my birthday. However,...Read the full post here »
Farewell to Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (RA) - On Friday, January 17th, his holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA passed away in Mumbai. Syedna Burhanuddin RA was a visionary intellect and pious guardian of the Deen of his followers, the Dawoodi Bohra community, to which I proudly belong. In his time, he renovated great architectural landmarks like Read the full post here »