Volume: 1.1/ 16th Moharram 1424 H

Pearls of Wisdom:

Knowledge is superior to wealth.
You need to protect your wealth; knowledge protects you.
Wealth decreases through use; knowledge increases.
Amir al Mumineen Ali bin Abi Talib (AS)


 

Return to Kerbala

The year 1423 Hijri ended and the year 1424 Hijri began, as one day ends and a new dawn breaks. Last year the sun rose in the city of Indore, and this year the sun rose, in all its magnificence and glory in the city of Mumbai where thousands and thousands of mumineen witnessed and were awed by its shining brilliance.

This year, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (TUS), revered son and heir of Shams ul Duat al Mutlaqeen Syedna Taher Saifuddin (RA) designated Mumbai as his venue for Ashara Mubaraka. The mumineen of Mumbai as the most fortunate, marveled at their fate, and overcome with gratitude expressed their shukur with matam of Imam Husain (AS).

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Syedna Hatim: Barakat Renewed

O Breeze of dawn convey our salaams to the gracious Hatim, By resting your cheek on the earth where he lies.

For what is he, if not a reliever of pain,  And a solace in times of hardship and sorrow.

Syedna Taher Saifuddin(RA) invokes the morning breeze to fly swiftly to the qubba of Syedna Hatim al Khayraat(RA), and convey his salaams on reaching the sacred mausoleum.

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Media Archives

The Times of India

Thrusday, March 6, 2003

Moharram function: Over 1.75 lakh members of Dawoodi Bohras will congregate in Mumbai on Moharram. Moharram is the first month of the Islamic Lunar calender. The first ten days of Moharram are of great spiritual significance and the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, Syedna Burhanuddin, has chosen Mumbai for the occasion.

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Significance of Darees

It is stated in the Quran:

O mumineen seek wasila towards Allah

Awliya-ul-allah (AS) provide us with the highest wasila there is. And so, be it a time of hardship, celebration or thanksgiving, mumineen never fail to seek the wasila of Syedna Hatim (RA) and Syedna Taher Saifuddin (RA), through whom the worldly and spiritual aspirations are fulfilled.

Huzurala (TUS) says:

Shams Al Duat al Mutlaqeen, Syedna Taher Saifuddin (RA) is Hatim Al Daur (Hatim of this age). He encompasses and portrays the shanaat and miracles of Syedna Hatim (RA). Thus mumineen today seek the wasila of both Maula and undertake to observe the majlis of Darees.

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Milestones of The Burhani Era

In the annals of Fatemi history we find the era of 52nd Dai Al-Fatemi Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (TUS) filled with significant landmarks in diverse fields of architecture, environment, economy and social welfare. These are not extraordinary feats in there own right, but each new achievement is an edifice of religious dedication

Architecture in the Fatemi sense is a concrete manifestation of the building of faith and the shaping of souls. To this end the symmetries of each structure, the designs and embellishments reflect the values of the dawah. Aqa Moula (TUS) asserts: "These buildings and structures are indeed our attitudes, concepts and values immortalized in cement and concrete."

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A Day in Fatemi History

Wednesday Ist Moharram 61: Imam Husain (AS) was on his last journey from Mecca to Kerbala with a group of his Ahle-Bayt and Ashaab. On the following day, the 2nd of Moharram Imam Husain’s (AS) horse halted at the land of karb and balaa, the land of suffering and distress, where the Imam put up his tents

Ist Moharram 333:
Imam Al Qaim (S.A.) sent his army under the leadership of Bushra Al Khadim to Bojou (Tunis) to fight Dajjal Abu Yazeed. As this news reached Dajjal, he marched towards Bojou from Tunis followed by a large army of Berbers. Dajjal mercilessly killed men and children, imprisoned and raped women, and snatched their possessions on his way to Bojou.

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In the Fatemi Library In Focus: Daaim ul Islam

Daaim ul Islam, an extended treatise on shariah jurisprudence (fiqh), is one of the fundamental books of the Fatemi library. Written by Syedna Qadi al Numan (RA) in the Fourth Century Hijri/Tenth Century G, it comprises of two volumes

The first is divided into seven chapters dealing with the laws and principles of the seven pillars (daaim) of Islam. Of these, great significance is given to the first, Walayat, which is instrumental to the true knowledge of the other daaim and without which no other pillar can stand.

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Interview

Shk Abeezar Tyebji is an American businessman who runs a successful IT business called Shipcom Wireless in Houston Texas. He is also very actively involved in high level public relations activities which he uses to project the image of mumineen and dawat to mainstream America

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From the Mouth of the Pen

And you thought that I was always there… not quite. My ancestors, the ink pens are several thousand years old, and their forefathers, the feather pens, probably belong to ancient times. But they were nothing like me: they were crude and clumsy, untidy and slow.

Some people claim that I was first made and marketed in the nineteenth century in the U.S. Wrong again! I boast of being born in the 10th century (4th century Hijri) in the court of Imam Moiz (AS), the 14th Fatemi Imam. Let me tell you how.

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Word Puzzle

Kids, test your general knowledge !

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An Act of Courage

Maulana Malik-ul-Ashtar was one of the companions of Amir-ul-Mumineen, Maulana Ali (SA). He was well known for his courage and valour. Courage has many forms and to forgive is one of them.

It is said that Maulana Malik-ul-Ashtar was once passing through a market, when a man tossed some stems at him. Maulana paid no heed to the person and continued on his way. In the meantime, someone told the bystander that the man who he had tried to hurt and tease was none other than Maulana Malik-ul-Ashtar (RA), the companion of Maulana Ali (SA).

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The dua mubarak of Aqa Maula tus has enabled us to launch the first issue of Misbah, and we shall continue to seek dua mubarak for future issues. Our special thanks to all writers, contributors and readers.


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