Dawoodi Bohra Forum

Thanks very much for the information.

Biradar bhai, Thanks a lot for your post. It was very interesting. I had a question and wonder if anyone is able to provide some thoughts. There are two major schisms when we think about the Imams. One is with the twelver shias between Imam Ismail and Musa Kazim. Second, is with the Ismailis with Im...

but at this occasion, I would like to honor him that non of his kids are into drugs/alcoholism/gambling. at least he kept them away from all this even when they have lots of power and money at their display all the time. Do you know this for sure? I think its overall pretty secretive - would we ever...

I have married a non-bohra muslim girl. It was not easy for her but we did it. Misaq is a pain and quite unnecessary but you will not be able to proceed without it. However, once its done and you can just say the words without meaning it then no one will bother you after that. Think of it just as a ...

Why is this being discussed in a waaz? Dont all muslims above the age of 5 already know this?

Last year, I went to darees in masjid for some child's birthday. The darees was the usual time of around 30 mins with matam/madeh etc. After that, imamat namaaz (maghrib and ishaa and two rakaat for Moula) including azaan given in lehan (maybe 2-3 mins) by someone took a total of 8-9 mins . What doe...

While I am not a bohra apologist by any stretch; I think criticism needs to responsible and reasonable. Don't see anything wrong with cricket match on a screen while people are eating. Considering its Ramadhan, it was most likely after prayers. While person watching TV on masalla could arguably in t...

This is a pet peeve for me too. The Quran does specify 4 months and 10 days of mourning specific to women only. Can anyone throw light on other sources which would explain what this mourning is. I understand the logic of not getting married in that time frame but what about staying inside the house.

Follow your heart and do it. I have done it. Both families (including extended family) had issues and now both are perfectly fine with us and our children. They dont socialise with each other but will definitely be nice to each other when the families meet. Allah has been kind to us. But, as Brother...

I beg to disagree - br HB. While on the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with this as Amil (so it seems) went through proper channel and got married. However, this is wrong on many levels. - Amil was in a position as a teacher to this 19 year old child. He should have stopped any such develo...

You are so right. In fact, the only people that dont welcome other muslims with open arms are bohras. In bohra masjid, any outsider is made to feel very very weird with a million questions and "looks."

Also, the yoga campaign is very strong but only in India. Havent heard anything about it where I live - maybe others can correct if this is not true for their jurisdiction..This is contrary to the uniform policies applied globally for all other things.

Therefore, motive is certainly questionable.

Biradar bhai,

you hit the nail on the head. Bahen Ruqqaiya has basically been put here to try and distance Badri from Dawat. She is working for Dawat and is part of damage control - I have been thinking the same thing for some time now.

Thanks - so you mean non-zabiha is no longer halal. Good to know.. Thanks for the clarification

Pls mention what was the new change to halal? I missed that...

Thanks,

If you look at the ad carefully, then you see the true marketing point in it. Usually, in any such event, the most important person is the speaker and is the reason why people attend. In this case, the speaker's name is not mentioned as they are not relevant. What is in bold is that Qasre Aali ladie...

Non-bohra mosque - Sunni mosque is where I go once in a while.

Jazak Allah - Hope you have a good Ramadhan. But, if possible, try going to another mosque for Ishaa prayers. Lots of sukoon there and no drama...

Thats very interesting - can you provide approximate date of both events?

Mulla Juzer is probably paying for whole thing.. And he gets an honorable mention at end!

Does anyone know what is Tasmiyat?

I think the heavy security is a show. It increases the importance of the person in eyes of common bohra. A lot of people talk about the fact that Maula was a state guest and was given this type of welcome as a head of state. That image is valuable.

In my opinion, the central issue here is about inheritance and control over millions of dollars of property. That is what is at stake for SMS and whole family machinery.. If you were in their position, would you agree to a debate between SMS and SKQ (who is widely known to be the most knowledgeable ...

I think an important distinction here is also the fact that Taher B Saheb is not saying he is Dai but SMS is the Dai.. Whose mistake is easier to overlook?

Disillusioned I never said that the 4 year old was the son of Mohammad ul baqir I was just intended to say that like Mohammad ul baqir who was the grandson of imam Hussain , this 4 year old was the grandson of imam Hasan. Just asking to clarify. If he was Grandson of Imam Hasan, what was his father...

Interesting audio. And certainly the photos & pomp/show is getting sadder by the day. I am frustrated that most people cant see whats obvious.. One question that I struggle with is this - Was SMB (RA) so unapproachable that someone from his family put out this whole website on controversy and reache...

Yes, Allah sees all. But, I am sure that he will question us as well on why we continued to do this and give Zakat to these guys even though we knew this was going on.

Thanks for the approx breakdown. I had no clue but knew that Zakat was getting minimal.

As I see it, the wajebaat form is nothing but an open season. They have all these different heads in the form. You go in with the aqeedah of paying your zakat but thats only one column in the form. They put down your amount of zakaat as wajebat in the total's column. Even after arguing with Amil, he...

while the pic is funny due to the stupidity of those wearing the dumb costumes, it is also extremely sad to see where this is going with no end in sight. Seems like complete about turn from Islam from the so-called Fatemi Dai. Inshallah, as always, this hubris will end one day.

Did the message really quote the Quranic Ayat? If so, then that is shirk clear cut. But, of course, the blind will remain blind..

For us the shahadat e Maula Hussain is the shahadat e uzma this is not a historical incident that happened then and now its bygone this is the core belief of islam, had this qurbani not been given by Imam Hussain you might be sitting in a church and i might be sitting in a pagoda, this shahadat dre...