Taher Saifuddin Explained

Taher Saifuddin
Native Name:طَاهر سيف الدِّين
Honorific Suffix:51st Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra
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Birth Name:Taher
Birth Date:4 August 1888
Birth Place:Surat, British Raj
Death Place:Matheran, India
Resting Place:Raudat Tahera, Mumbai
Citizenship:Indian
Home Town:Mumbai
Office1:Da'i al-Mutlaq
Term Start1:1915
Term End1:1965
Predecessor1:Abdullah Badruddin
Successor1:Mohammed Burhanuddin
Spouse:Husaina
Father:Mohammad Burhanuddin I
Mother:Amatullah
Religion:Islam(Shia Islam)
Sect:Isma'ili
Subsect:Dawoodi Bohra
Module1:
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Style:His Holiness
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Office2:Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University
Term Start2:1953
Term End2:1965
Predecessor2:Raza Ali Khan
Successor2:Hafiz Saeed Ahmad Khan
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Taher Saifuddin (4 August 1888  - 12 November 1965), also known as Tahir Sayf al-Din, was the 51st and longest serving Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras.[1] Saifuddin adapted the modernisation in Western and European ideas, and established its benefits for the Bohras, whilst still steeped in the traditions and the culture of the community's Fatimid heritage. Saifuddin laid substantial groundwork in terms of philanthropy, education, entrepreneurship, social outreach, political outreach, and community upliftment upon which his successors, Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mufaddal Saifuddin, continued to build,[2] resulting in an unprecedented era of prosperity among the Dawoodi Bohras.[3] [4]

Early life

Taher Saifuddin was born to Mohammed Burhanuddin I and Amatullah Aaisaheba[5] on 4 August 1888 in Surat, British India (present day the state of Gujarat).[6]

Da'i al-Mutlaq

Saifuddin became the 51st al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq in the year 1915 at the age of 28.

During his reign, he rebuilt and repaired many monuments of the Fatimid Imams, al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq, and other structures, and artifacts.[7]

Education

Saifuddin was instrumental in setting up over 350 co-ed institutes,[8] some of which bear his name, including but not limited to: Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah in Surat,[9] Saifee Hall in Calcutta,[10] Saifiyah Girls School in Karachi,[11] Saifi High in Mumbai,[12] Saifee Nursery at Saifee Mahal in Mumbai,[13] Saifee Eide Zahabi College in Karachi,[14] Saifee Golden Jubilee Quaderia College in Burhanpur,[15] Saifee Jubilee Arts and Commerce College in Sidhpur. Mohammed Burhanuddin later organized the schools under the banner of MSB Educational Institute[16] (also known as Al Madrasa Tus Saifiya Tul Burhaniyah[17] [18]), which are affiliated with Indian Certificate of Secondary Education[19] and, as of 2011, has branches in 22 cities[20] across India, Pakistan, East Africa, and the Middle East. Burhanuddin organized the numerous religious schools world-wide known as Madrasas under the purview of the department of Attalim.[21]

Saifuddin was appointed the Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University[22] for four consecutive terms,[23] [24] starting in 1953. Under Saifuddin's chancellorship, Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation of Asia's largest library, the Maulana Azad Library, at AMU.[25]

Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah

Saifuddin from his own personal wealth renovated Dars-e Saifee, an institution of Islamic studies, founded by his predecessor Abdeali Saifuddin in Surat,[26] transformed it in to a university by introducing secular courses and establishing affiliations with international educational bodies, and consequently renamed it Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah .[27]

Keeping in line with tradition of his predecessor, Ismail Badr al-Din I,[28] [29] the talabat al-ilm of the institution were provided with lodging and meals at full cost to the office of Dai al-Mutlaq. To further inclusion and expansion, Saifuddin admitted to Aljamea its first female students. As is tradition, in his capacity as Dai al-Mutlaq, Saifuddin personally taught select classes at the newly renovated Academy.[30] Saifuddin brought about a structural and functional change at Aljamea: He personally oversaw the standardization of the syllabus of each class and wrote numerous memoranda and treatises which were instilled into the curriculum. To this day, the treatises written by Saifuddin and his successors, Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mufaddal Saifuddin, are taught through the year and are central subjects of al-Imtihan al-Sanawi,[31] [32] among other religious[33] and secular subjects.

After succeeding his father, Burhanuddin significantly expanded the reach of Aljamea: He added Mahad al-Zahra, an institute of Quranic studies, re-renovated the Surat campus, established campuses at Karachi, Nairobi, and Mumbai .[34] Aljamea and its graduates have since become integral to spiritual and temporal aspects of the Dawoodi Bohra community.[35] [36]

Community service

Saifuddin founded Bunaiyat-tul-Eidiz-Zahabi, a volunteer-run organisation of Dawoodi Bohra Women, in the 1950s which set a precedent that led to formation of Burhani Womens Association by his son Burhanuddin; Happy Threads and Supermums by Mufaddal Saifuddin's daughter Umme Haani in,[37] and The Radiant Arts by Mufaddal Saifuddin's daughter-in-law Zaenab Imaduddin.[38] [39]

In a similar vein, Saifuddin established an organisation of Dawoodi Bohra men, Shabab ul-Eid iz-Zahabi, during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of his 50 years in the office of Dai al-Mutlaq,[40] [41] exclusively for community service.[42] [43] Mohammed Burhanuddin would later found the Burhani Guards (for crowd-control at miqaats),[44] [45] Tolaba ul-Kulliyat il-Mumenoon (of college and school students),[46] [47] Burhani Medical Idara (of medical professionals),[48] Saifee Ambulance in India, and Burhani Ambulance in Pakistan (of paramedics and first responders).[49] Mufaddal Saifuddin, on his first visit to North America, established Saifee Burhani Medical Association (America),[50] on 14 March 2015.[51]

Rasm-e Saifee

To subsidize costs and facilitate marriages among the close knit Dawoodi Bohra, Saifuddin initiated Rasm-e Saifee [52] in Jamnagar and later institutionalised it . Rasm-e Saifee is a singular occasion when multiple Nikah are solemnized at the hands of the Da'i al-Mutlaq and his representatives. Burhanuddin further organized it under International Taiyseer al-Nikah Committee (ITNC),[53] which organizes Rasm-e Saifee throughout the year at various miqaats .[54] Burhanuddin's successor, Mufaddal Saifuddin, continues to uphold the tradition.[55] [56]

Contributions to Islamic Institutions

Saifuddin contributed vast sums of money towards the refurbishment of mosques and shrines. He along with the Nizam of Hyderabad were among the few Indian Muslims to contribute towards the renovation of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem:[57]

Sultan Taher Saif al-Din is said to have come from India with one hundred and fifty of his followers...At the Jerusalem station he was welcomed by the Mufti and other Sheikhs of the Supreme Moslem Council and a number of Arab notables including Ragheb Bey Nashashibi. A troop of Arab boy scouts paraded in his honour and there were two bands from Moslem institutions...The sultan was reputed to be a man of great wealth who had made substantial contributions to the religious and political funds of the Arabs of this country.[58]

Saifuddin also gifted the internal curtains which were kept in the Kaaba for decades to King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia in 1354AH, with whom he kept warm relations.[59]

Saifuddin constructed Ghurrat-ul Masajid,[60] also known as Saifee Masjid,[61] in Mumbai, Al-Mahal al-Saifee for pilgrims in Mecca, the zarih of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in Najaf and Husayn ibn Ali in Karbala and Cairo, the mausoleum of Qutub Khan Qutub al-Din[62] and Fakhr al-Din Shaheed. He also made and donated the kiswah for the Masjid al-Haram.

The Chandabhoy Galla Case

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Family

Saifuddin married Husaina Aaisaheba, who was also from the family of the Du'at Mutlaqeen. After her death, he then married Vazira Aaisaheba, Fatima Aaisaheba, and Amina Aaisaheba.[63]

Saifuddin had 12 sons and 8 daughters: His sons were Mohammed Burhanuddin, Husain Husamuddin, Abdut Taiyeb Zakiyuddin, Yusuf Najmuddin, Ismail Shehabuddin, Hatim Hamiduddin, Qasim Hakimuddin, Aliasgar Kalimuddin, Shabbir Nooruddin, Abbas Fakhruddin, Mohammed al-Baqir Jamaluddin, and Khuzaima Qutbuddin. His daughters were Asma, Maryam, Khadijah, Zahra, Shireen, Banu, Fatema, and Zainab.[64] [65] [66]

Saifuddin descends from the family of the early leaders of the Fatimid mission in India, Fakhr al-Din and Abd al-Qadir Hakim al-Din.

Works

Rasāʾil Ramaḍāniyya (Epistles)

Saifuddin's Risalah are peculiarly titled gematrically equivalent to the Hijri year of its publication.[67] [68]

IDTitleTitle (Romanticized) (AH) (AH) (CE)
AH
STS 01ضوء نور الحق المبينḌawʾ nūr al-ḥaqq al-mubīn1335
STS 02ثمرات علوم الهدىṮamarāt ʿulūm al-hudā1337
STS 03زهر رياض الازليةZahr al-riyāḍ al-azaliyya1338
STS 04درر البشارت Durar al-bišārāt1339
AH
STS 05المشرب الكوثري Al-Mašrab al-kawṯarī1340
STS 06درر الهدى المضيئةDurar al-hudā al-muḍīʾa1341
STS 07روض عالم القدسRawḍ ʿālam al-quds1342
STS 08غرفة جنة Ġurfat ǧanna1343
STS 09غرة الحقĠurrat al-ḥaqq1344
STS 10ثمار جنات عدن طيبة Ṯimār ǧannāt ʿadnin ṭayyiba1345
STS 11قطف شجرة خلديةQaṭf šaǧara ḫuldiyya1346
STS 12زبدة برهان الصدق الواضح Zubdat burhān al-ṣidq al-wāḍiḥ1347
STS 13صبغ نور Ṣibġ nūr1348
STS 14غرس الجنةĠars al-ǧanna1349
AH
STS 15درر اسرار اْل الكرارDurar asrār āl al-Karrār1350
STS 16نور روض الجنة Nūr rawḍ al-ǧanna1351
STS 17بحر فضل كبيرBaḥr faḍl kabīr1352
STS 18مسرات الفتح المبينMasarrat al-fatḥ al-mubīn1353
STS 19الباب حظيرة القدسAl-Bāb ḥaẓīrat al-quds1354
STS 20كرامة العقول الوضية Karāmat al-ʿuqūl al-waḍiyya1355
STS 21صفحات عرفات المعارف Ṣafḥat ʿarafāt al-maʿārif1356
STS 22انهار رياض الجنة Anhār riyāḍ al-ǧanna1357
STS 23سحب بركات الخلد Suḥub barakāt al-ḫuld1358
STS 24ذات البركة Ḏāt al-baraka1359
AH
STS 25كوثر الخلدKawṯar ḫuld1360
STS 26روضة فردوس Rawḍat firdaws1361
STS 27دلو غدير حق Dalw Ġadīr ḥaqq1362
STS 28مشربة تسنيم نور Mašrabat tasnīm nūr1363
STS 29سلسبيل حكم غدق Salsabīl ḥikam ġadaq1364
STS 30سرر رشد مرفوعة Surar rušd Marfūʿa1365
STS 31صور حوض مورود Ṣuwar ḥawḍ mawrūd1366
STS 32تكبير سكينة فتح مبين Takbīr sakīnat fatḥ mubīn1367
STS 33فلسفة فوز عظيم Falsafat fawz ʿaẓīm1368
STS 34تذكرة لبيبTaḏkirat labīb1369
AH
STS 35سلسلة نعمة عظمى 1370
STS 36نعم الصبغة الالهية 1371
STS 37خزائن امام المتقين1372
STS 38مفاتيح ياقوتة الحمراء 1373
STS 39نهر النور الشعشعاني 1374
STS 40بلاغ الدعاة الفاطميين 1375
STS 41اشعة الفيض الازلي 1376
STS 42امثال سدرة المنتهى Amṯāl sidrat al-muntahā13771958
STS 43روضة دار السلام Rawḍat dār al-Salām137814302009
STS 44توحيد الملة البيضاءTawḥīd al-Millah al-Bayḍāʾ137914312010
AH
STS 45بركات اصحاب التطهيرBarakāt Aṣḥāb al-Taṭhīr138014322011
STS 46كمال النعم السابغةKamāl al-Aiʿam al-Sābiġa138114332012
STS 47تسبيح ذهب القدسTasbīḥ ḏahab al-Quds138214342013
STS 48شموس بركات الربانيين[69] Shumūs Barakāt al-Rabbāniyīn138314352015
STS 49انهار فيوض الفاطميين[70] Anhār Fūyūz al-Fātimiyyīn138414362016

Recognition

Saifuddin was conferred Doctor of Theology by Aligarh Muslim University on 15 April 1946,[71] and later accepted the chancellorship for which he was elected to for four consecutive terms.[72]

Saifuddin was among the first to be conferred Doctor of Laws by Karachi University .[73]

Saifuddin was voted among 100 Greatest Indian Muslims of the Twentieth Century in an opinion poll run by Milli Gazette.[74]

Death

Saifuddin died on 12 November 1965 (19 Rajab al-Asab 1385H) at Matheran, a hill-station in Maharashtra, India.[75] He is buried at Raudat Tahera, a mausoleum opposite Ghurrat-ul Masajid in South Bombay, constructed by his successor, Mohammed Burhanuddin.[76]

Legacy

The Dandi Memorial

Saifuddin donated his home Saifee Villa in Dandi, Navsari where Gandhi stayed for ten days during his historic march from Sabarmati Ashram against the English Salt Laws, to Nehru in 1961. It was later converted into a National Museum.[77] Present day, it lies adjacent to the 15-acre National Salt Satyagraha Memorial which was inaugurated by Narendra Modi in 2019.[78]

Aligarh Muslim University

The Syedna Taher Saifuddin School at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is named after him in his honour.[79] Saifuddin was the longest serving chancellor at AMU at 12 years, and was a patron of the Ali Society at AMU.[80]

Hospitals

Saifee Hospital in Mumbai, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005, was dedicated to Saifuddin by his successor, Mohammed Burhanuddin, who built the hospital in social service.[81] Saifee Hospital was one of the first responders to 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks.[82] Another hospital of the same name was built by Mohammed Burhanuddin in Karachi and dedicated to his father.[83]

Housing

In 2009 Mohammed Burhanuddin founded Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT), a large-scale cluster redevelopment project in Bhendi Bazaar and dedicated it to his father, Saifuddin.[84] The Government of Maharashtra plans to develop Kamathipura, one of the oldest neighborhoods of South Mumbai, after the cluster redevelopment model pioneered by SBUT.[85]

Remembrance

Saifuddin's urs is commemorated annually[86] by the Dai al-Mutlaq at Saifee Masjid, South Bombay.[87] Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah's annual examinations, Imtihan al-Sanawi, commence after the Dai al-Mutlaq delivers the Zikra sermons in remembrance of Saifuddin.[88]

Memorials

Shortly after Saifuddin's demise, on 18 March 1966 Mohammed Burhanuddin established His Holiness Dr. Syedna Taher Saifuddin Memorial Trust for educational and medicinal financial aid for institutions and individuals.[89]

In memory of his father Burhanuddin set up Matheran Memorial Hall, a museum and lodging facility in the hill station of Matheran, where Saifuddin died.[90]

Further reading

See also

External links

Notes and References

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