Dawoodi Bohra

The Dawoodi Bohras or Dawuditen ( Da'udiyya ) are Ismaili Muslims. They are followers of a sub- branch of the Tayyibi - Ismailis. The Tayyibiten are one of the two branches of the Musta'li - Ismailis, the other branch of the Hafiziten is.

The largest Musta'liten group is that of the Bohras, of which encountered particularly in India Group of Dawoodi Bohras is the largest.

The highest religious dignitaries is the da'i al - Mutlaq (Arabic الداعي المطلق ) until the beginning of 2014, this was the 52nd da'i al - Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. His successor is the 53th da'i al - Mutlaq Mufaddal Saifuddin (b. 1946).

Disagreement about the identity of the 19th Imam split the Ismailis: the Bohras believe that al- Mustali (d. 1101) was determined for the 19th Imam, while the Nizari Ismailis, people believed that it would be his elder brother, Nizar (d. 1095 ). In 1132 Abū l - Qāsim aṭ - Tayyib joined the 21st Imam of the line of Musta'li - Tayyibi - Ismailis, in the concealment a. This series of Imams continues in secret to this day. Since al - Tayyibi 's concealment of the community on a number of da'i - leaders (religious propagandists, missionaries ) was performed; these leaders have the title of al - Mutlaq da'i.

History

The history of the Bohras features numerous divisions, mainly because of differences over the succession of the various al - Mutlaq da'i:

After the death of al - Mutlaq da'i 26, Da'ud ibn ' Ajab, in 1591 the succession was disputed. The community was divided into: the Dawuditen that Qutb Shah ibn Da'ud followed, while the Sulaymanis stood on the side of Sulayman ibn Hasan. The da'i al - Mutlaq of Dawuditen resided henceforth in India.

After the death of the 28th da'i (1634 ) took the Alavi Bohra (not to be confused with Alevis ) Ali bin Ibrahim to da'i. They live mainly in Pakistan and India.

1754 upon the death of the 39th da'i Syedna Ibrahim Wajihuddin, the branch of the Bohras Hebtiahs formed.

1840 was the 46th da'i al - Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras, Syedna Muhammad Badruddin, appointed at the age of twenty-six years to da'i and died four years later, this incident sparked a new round of dissent from, it made the atba Jama'at -i Malak.

In the 1970s there was a renewed political division, with a group of 52 from the listed da'i breaking away, the Progressive Dawoodi Bohras, led by Asghar Ali Engineer ( 1939 to 2013 ).