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Of the 53Rd Dai Al- Mutlaq Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA on the 23Rd Jamadil Ukhra in USA, California To Allah we belong and to Him we return It is with deep sorrow that we inform Mumineen of the wafaat (demise) of the 53rd Dai al- Mutlaq Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA on the 23rd Jamadil Ukhra in USA, California. Our beloved father has passed away to the highest echelons of jannat in the fellowship of Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA and Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA in hazrat of Imam-uz- zamaan SA. Syedna Qutbuddin RA has left in our midst his successor, his Shehzada to whom Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA gave the name Taher, the Mubarak name of Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA. Syedna Qutbuddin RA personally prepared his beloved son and made him like him in knowledge and character. This year on the 27th of Muharram, the urus Mubarak of Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed RA, Syedna Qutbuddin RA appointed Syedna Taher as his successor and granted him the laqab Fakhruddin. At that moment Maulana Qutbuddin advised the witnesses to keep the Nass confidential and gave the witnesses the handwritten letter of Nass. Syedna Abu Khuzaima Taher Fakhruddin TUS is the 54th Dai al-Mutlaq and the representative of Imamuz-Zaman Tayyibul-Asri wal-Awaan SA. The succession of Du’aat Mutlaqeen continues. A Maula has passed, A Maula remains. Mawlaka mada, mawlaka baqi. May Allah Ta’ala grant long life till qiyamat to Syedna Taher Fakhruddin. May we swear our allegiance and misaaq to the Dai al-Haqq and board the ark of salvation, the safinatun-najaat. In this difficult time, Aqamaula TUS advises all Mumineen to recite Quran Majeed on the niyyat of our Dai, our compassionate father, Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA. Information relating to Janaza Mubaraka program will be announced soon inshaallah. Mumineen may send ta’ziyat and condolence messages to [email protected]. .
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