SIJILL A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF FATEMIDAWAT.COM Issue 21 Sijill A Weekly Newsleer Of Fatemidawat.com Issue 21 7th Ramadan al-Moazzam 1435H Surat al-Baqara, 110th Ayat FEATURED UPDATES PRAYER AND ZAKAAT: salat prayer and submit zakaat” Fatemi Madrasa – Munajaat Module ,occurs 6 Text, translaon (DZ and ENG), Audio ( وأﻗﻴﻤﻮا اﻟﺼـــــــﻼة وأﺗﻮ اﻟﺰﻛﺎة) linked Inextricably mes in the Quran, one of which is Vocabulary and explanaon of Syedna .quoted above. Taher Saifuddin's RA first Munajaat ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍ ﺍﻟﺮﲪﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ Prayer – Namaz – is the remembrance of ۚ Allah Ta'ala. It is compulsory five mes a ﻭﺃَﻗﻴﻤﻮﺍ ﺍﻟﺼّﻼﺓ ﻭﺁﺗُﻮﺍ ﺍﻟﺰّﻛَﺎﺓ ◌ ﻭﻣﺎ ﺗُﻘَﺪّﻣﻮﺍ day. In those five mes we are to put the material world aside and focus all our ﻟﺄَﻧﻔُﺴﻜُﻢ ﻣّﻦ ﺧﻴﺮٍ ﺗَﺠِﺪﻭﻩ ﻋﻨﺪ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪ ۗ ◌ senses towards the Almighty. Maulana Ali SA said that when you pray, “pray as if ﺇِﻥّ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪ ﺑِﻤﺎ ﺗَﻌﻤﻠُﻮﻥ ﺑﺼﲑ (Surat al-Baqara: 110) you are seeing Allah Ta'ala in front of you for if you do not see – ( أﻋﺒﺪ ﷲ ﻛﺄﻧﻚ ﺗــﺮاه) :And pray namaz and submit zakaat ﻳــﺮاك) And whatever good you do for your him, be sure that he is seeing you It is also narrated .”( ﻓﺈن ﻟﻤﺘﻜﻦ ﺗـــﺮاه ﻓﺈﻧﻪ souls, ye shall nd it with Allah, for Video Series – Namaz and Doa that Maulana Ali SA used to get so Allah sees Well all that you do. Two 20min bayaan videos of Shz Taher engrossed in namaz that during bales, if bhaisaheb on the importance and The month of Ramadan is the month of an arrow head was lodged in his back, meaning of Namaaz and Doa 'Fasng and Forbearance' (see Sijill people would remove it while he was 20). It is also the month of prayer and praying and he would not even noce. A zakaat. Prayer because each voluntary short bayaan by Shz Taher bhaisaheb on sunnat prayer is the equivalent in the importance and significance of reward to praying a compulsory farizat namaz has been uploaded on the in any other month and praying a fatemidawat.com website. compulsory farizat in Ramadan is The other part, Zakaat, is the fourth equivalent to praying 70 farizats in any pillar of Islam, which as menoned in the other month. It is the month of zakaat previous Sijill, we are obliged to submit because our hudaat kiraam have to the successor of our Nabi guided us to submit our zakaat in this Mohammed, the Imam, and in his month so that we are rewarded seclusion to his Dai. Just as it was mulfold (70 mes!) on this incumbent upon the people in the me compulsory farizat amal. The two are of Rasulullah to submit zakaat to him, inextricably linked in the Quran. The and incumbent upon Rasulullah to exact same phrase “And be steadfast in collect and distribute as per the norms of Shari'at, it is so in the period of each SIJILL A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF FATEMIDAWAT.COM Issue 21 Imam and his Dai. Zakaat literally means assets are Zakatable income, and not examples and references and purificaon. Zakaat is the purificaon of on the unrealized gain. Fixed assets descripons of other vajebaat (khumus, our funds by subming to Allah a part of for personal use rather than fitra, haq-un-nafs, kaffaraat-uz-zunoob, what He has given us. That part is Allah's investment are excluded; e.g., the kaffaraat of missed rozas, mannat, nazrul right (khuda no haqq che ). And because house you live in is not zakatable. maqam, najwa and silat-ul-imam), the Imam is the representave of Allah In the context of Zakaat, stocks are please visit fatemidawat.com/zakaat. on this earth and the Dai is the considered fixed assets. Given the current circumstances in representave of the Imam during o In accordance with the rule for Dawat, we have made temporary seclusion, we submit this to him. As fixed assets, Zakaat must be paid arrangements for mumineen to submit believers in Syedna Qutbuddin TUS as one me only based on the cost zakat to the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna the 53rd Dai it is a farizat obligaon that basis of the stock porolio. If you Khuzaima Qutbuddin TUS. Details of we submit our zakaat to him every year. have already paid Zakaat on that these arrangements are on Zakaat is also a purificaon of our souls money, i.e., if you used part of fatemidawat.com/zakaat and on the because the concept of helping those your Zakated income to invest in 'Zakaat and Vajebaat Form”. who are less fortunate or have fallen on stocks, you do not need to pay it difficult mes is one of the main again. RECENT EVENTS: Syedna purposes of zakaat. o Only the realized gains of the Qutbuddin's sons visit to It is also important to stress that zakaat stock porolio are Zakatable Rozat Tahera must be calculated and given according income, and not on the Abdeali Bhaisaheb Qutbuddin, Husain to the norms of Shari'at. It is not an unrealized gain. This is calculated Bhaisaheb Qutbuddin and Aziz arbitrary number that someone by adding all your realized gains Bhaisaheb Qutbuddin, three sons of mysteriously comes up with, nor a and losses of the year. Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin, and number that has to increase (or double) 2- Liquid assets: grandsons of the 51st Dai al-Mutlaq regardless of whether one's income has Includes all cash and savings and Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA, went in increased or not. total value of your business's peace in the early morning of July 4, 2014 Those subming zakat as per Shari'at in inventory of goods (if its value has to Raudat Tahera, the mazaar of their Ramadaan to Dai-z-zamaan fulfill their remained stable or risen in the last holy grandfather the 51st Dai al-Mutlaq, farizat obligaon. They also receive year, and not if its value has and of their holy uncle the 52nd Dai al- immense barakaat, parcularly, the doa depreciated). Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed of Syedna TUS. 3- Income: Burhanuddin RA, for ziarat during this This includes salary, net business auspicious period. ZAKAAT: Zakaat Calculation profit, rent on all investment Unfortunately, they were prevented & other Vajebaat properes, dividends, royales, etc. from peacefully performing ziarat by A detailed explanaon of the principles The final consolidated annual Zakatable certain members of the community who of the Shari'at is presented on income is calculated by taking the net pushed and assaulted and insulted them. fatemidawat.com/zakat with the raza value of (1) Total purchase cost (if When they returned to Raudat Tahera Mubarak of Syedna Qutbuddin TUS. applicable) of all fixed assets PLUS (2) with police protecon, which they had These are the fundamental principles for total net realized gain of all fixed assets sought, they were assaulted again. The the calculang zakaat: (including stocks) for the year PLUS (3) police officers then discussed with the Zakaat is compulsory every year @ 2.5% liquid assets PLUS (4) income MINUS (5) rowdy elements to allow access to the (1/40th) of your 'zakatable income' basic living expenses (which includes grandsons of the 51st Dai, and when they minus basic living expenses: this is your food, rent, clothing, and ulies ,) entered the Roza with police personnel “zakaat-wajib” If your income and liquid assets are at or they were yet again verbally and 'Zakatable income' includes: below “nisaab” or subsistence level (i.e. physically assaulted and pushed out by a 1- Fixed assets: they do not, or just, cover basic food, large group of unruly elements from the This includes land, buildings, shares shelter and clothing), you do not owe any community. Syedna Qutbuddin's sons and equipment. Fixed assets are zakaat. But you should sll araz a have filed a complaint with the JJ Police zakatable just once at the me of the nominal amount for barakat. Rasulullah Staon. inial purchase, and not every year. SA said: “If you are hit by poverty, In correspondence between the If you have already paid zakaat on transact [for your rizq] with Allah by advocates of the contesng pares in the the money used to buy the fixed giving Him zakaat.” court, the advocates for the Defendant asset, you do not need to pay it again Mumineen cannot be denied the right to Shehzada Mufaddal Saifuddin have at the me of purchase. The realized araz zakaat, cing other wrongdoings. clearly stated that their client has no gains/ losses on the sale of the fixed For a more detailed explanaon with objecon to the Plainff Syedna SIJILL A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF FATEMIDAWAT.COM Issue 21 Khuzaima Qutbuddin or his family Burhanuddin's janaza. Such people bhaisaheb in two 20 minute videos. members entering Raudat Tahera or any did not care or maintain the hurmat The bayaans focus on the importance of other Dawoodi Bohra community and dignity of Rozat Tahera this namaaz and doa respecvely and properes. Believing that such promises Friday and from this unfortunate irshadaat of our Mawali Tahereen about will be honoured, the sons of the Syedna incident, it is clear that they would how to pray namaz and do doa. The Qutbuddin went in peace to do ziarat, not have cared even for the hurmat bayaans also refer to many historical only to be faced with this illegal reacon. of Syedna Burhanuddin's janaza. anecdotes and contextualize these two Unfortunately the acts of the Burhani Husain ImamSA chose not to perform extremely important amals. Guards and other unruly elements have Hajj and travelled far away from We encourage Mumineen to listen to desecrated the hurmat of the Roza Ka'batullah so that his enemies these bayaans during this holy month, mubaraka of our Molas, the most holy would not desecrate the hurmat of preferably before or aer namaaz, place for us Dawoodi Bohra mumineen in Baytullah, and his Dai Syedna together with Mumineen or the family.