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Malik ul Ashtar Shaujuddin
مالك الاستر شجاع الدين
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Shujauddin presides over a Ashara Mubaraka in Kuwait.
Ameer al-Jamea
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byAbbas Fakhruddin
Personal life
Born
Malik ul Ashtar

(1948-05-02) 2 May 1948 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Home townHouston, United States[1]
SpouseTasneem[2]
Children
  • Abdeali
  • Taha
  • Naqiyah
  • Rabab
Parents
Alma materAljamea tus Saifiyah
Relatives
Religious life
ReligionShi'a Islam
LineageAli
SectIslamism
Dawoodi Bohra
Jurisprudence

Shahzada Malikul Ashtar Shujauddin[3][4][5] is the third son of Mohammed Burhanuddin II, the 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras, a branch of Tayyabi Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a Islam.

Personal life

Malik ul Ashtar Shujauddin was born on 2 May 1948 (23 Jumada al-Thani 1365 Hijri).[citation needed] He is third son of Mohammed Burhanuddin, grandson of 51st Dai Syedna Taher Saifuddin and brother of 53rd Dai and incumbent Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin

Career

In 1978, Shujauddin visited the Bay Area for the very first time as a representative of his father, Burhanuddin, to establish an official jamaat[a] for the Dawoodi Bohra community.[6]

Shujauddin was one of the witnesses of private nass by Mohammed Burhanuddin, his father, on Mufaddal Saifuddin, his brother, in 2005 in London.[7]

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From right (to left): Aliasgar Kalimuddin, Qaidjoher Ezzuddin, Malikul Ashtar Shujauddin, and Jafar us Sadiq Imaduddin presiding over Shafai (viva voce) at Ewan al-Barakat, Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Surat (2018).

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin established a Anjuman e Shujaee Houston Jamaat committee which was also named after Shujauddin for the welfare of Dawoodi Bohra community residing in Houston

Shujauddin was appointed as a rector of Aljamea tus Saifiyah (Template:Lang-ar) on 20 Rajab al-Asab 1439ھ corresponding to 5 April 2018 by Mufaddal Saifuddin, the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq.[citation needed]

Since 1996,[citation needed] Shujauddin resides in Houston[1] and leads the Dawoodi Bohra community of the USA. Apart from Houston Shujauddin has residences in Dallas[5] and San Antonio.[citation needed]

Shujauddin headed the project for Mosque, School and Accomodation facilities for Dawoodi Bohra community residing in the USA

Shujauddin frequently visiting Galiakot and leading mataam in Fakhruddin Shaheed mausoleum which witnessing huge drop of water miracles.[citation needed]

In recent years, Shujauddin conducted Ashara Mubaraka[b] sermons in Mumbai, Houston, Chicago, Kuwait and Karbala. He also leads Ramadan prayer in Cairo, Dallas, Najaf, Galiakot and Kandivali [citation needed]

Upon the request of Shujauddin, his father Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin conducted Ashara Mubaraka 1422H in Houston, thus Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin became the first Dai Al Mutlaq to conduct Ashara Mubaraka in USA

Shujauddin has led Hajj Pilgrimage (known as Amirul Hajj of the community) for numerous times in the past including 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ A religious governance organisation appointed by the Dai al-Mutlaq under the purview of Dawat-e-Hadiyah that oversees spiritual, religious, administrative, and temporal affairs of the Dawoodi Bohra community.
  2. ^ Ashara Mubaraka (Template:Lang-ar) is an annual mourning of Husayn ibn Ali's martyrdom at Battle of Karbala.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mayor Turner stands up for unity at Eid celebration with Dawoodi Bohras". Houston: PR Newswire. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020 – via thedawoodibohras.com.
  2. ^ "Sadaqallah for mother-in-law of Shehzada Malik ul Ashtar bhai saheb Shujauddin DM, mother of Tasneem behensaheba". chicagojamaat.org. Chicago. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ Jonah Blank (2001). "Qasre Ali The Royals". Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras. University of Chicago Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780226056777 – via books.google.com.
  4. ^ "Dawoodi Bohras celebrate 100th birthday of leader". india-herald.com. Houston: India Herald. 16 February 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Mayor of Irving Visits Saifee Masjid Dallas". thedawoodibohras.com. Dallas. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ "San Francisco Jamaat: The past, the present, and the future". sfjamaat.org. San Francisco. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Dai – The Spritual Magnet". badremuneer.in. Badre Muneer. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Ashara Mubaraka: A Journey Towards Humanity". thedawoodibohras.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.