Explaining Past Events
This section features articles explaining and contextualising anectodes from the history of Dawat, and Islamic history in general.
Rasulullah’s SA waari
01 November 2014
Syedna al-Muayyad al-Shirazi, the Bab al-Abwab of the 18th Imam Mustansir Billah in Cairo says that this ayat of the Quran, quoted above, describes the tragedy of Imam Husain in Karbala - would you not want that such tragedy never befell you and your loved ones.
Eid-e-Ghadeer-Khum Celebrations in the time of the Fatemi Imams in Cairo
14 October 2014
The article first offers a brief historical setting of Fatimid Cairo and then continues to describe in great detail the nature and significance of processions and banquets
What Did Syedna Burhanuddin Want? 17 Shabaan 1385H – First Misaaq Bayaan by the 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq
25 September 2014
Sijill Issue 18 – 15th Shabaan 1435H
For Truth, Justice, and the Future of the Dawoodi Bohra Community
25 September 2014
This is the reason for which His Holiness Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin TUS has approached the Indian Judiciary. Prior to this Syedna Qutbuddin made repeated attempts to resolve this internally, including by an invitation to debate this matter and establish his rightful claim based on nass conferred on him by His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb RA...
Mab'as and Me'raj - A Brief History
21 September 2014
The day of Mab’as, 27th Rajab, Monday, is the birth date of Islam. It is the day when Muhammad Rasulullah SA became Prophet and Messenger of God. When Jibraeel came with the Message to Rasulullah
“Minal Mumineen” Syedna Taher Saifuddin’s leading role in the historic renovation of Masjid-e-Aqsa
21 September 2014
Masjid-e-Aqsa in Baitul-Muqaddas, Jerusalem, had not been renovated in over 400 years - it had been in the hands of the Ummayyads, the Abbasids, the Fatimids, the Crusaders, the Ayyubids, and the Ottomans. Additionally it had suffered through numerous earthquakes. In the 20th century
Eid-ul-Fitar Celebrations in the time of the Fatemi Imams in Cairo
21 September 2014
This is an excerpt from a captivating historical account of Fatimid celebrations and customs. The article first offers a brief historical setting of Fatimid Cairo and then continues to describe in great detail the nature and significance of processions and banquets
The Mihrab Zarih in Masjid al-Mua'azzam Kufa
21 September 2014
It is in the Mihrab in al-Masjid al-Mu’azzam in Kufa that Maulana Ali SA claimed Shahaadat and uttered the extraordinary words ‘fuztu wa rabbil Ka’ba’ – I swear by the Lord of the Ka’ba that I have won
Maulatuna Fatema SA Khutba Arabic and Translation
03 March 2014
The khutba that Maulatuna Fatema AS delivered after Rasulullah’s SA wafaat is presented with a side by side English translation.