Shahzada Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin | |
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جـعفـرُ ٱلصَّـادِق عِمـادُ ٱلدِّيـن | |
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Ameer al-Jamea | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Preceded by | Mufaddal Saifuddin |
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Born | Ja'far us Sadiq |
Religion | Shi'a Islam |
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Zaenab (nee Shabbir Nuruddin)
(m. 1996) |
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Sect | Ismailism Dawoodi Bohra |
Jurisprudence | |
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Other names | Imaduddin (Laqab) |
Occupation | Scholar, author |
Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin (Arabic: جـعفـرُ ٱلصَّـادِق عِمـادُ ٱلدِّيـن) or Jafar us Sadiq Mufaddal Saifuddin, is the eldest son of Mufaddal Saifuddin,[1][2] the current incumbent of the office of the 53rd Dawoodi Bohra Da'i al-Mutlaq,[3] and the grandson of Mohammed Burhanuddin. He is a poet, scholar and one of the four rectors of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought[9] and is also a signatory of the Amman Message, which is a declaration calling for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world that was issued on 9 November 2004 (27th of Ramadan 1425 Hijri) by Abdullah II of Jordan.[10]
He was appointed one of the rectors of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah (Arabic: امير الجامعة) on 27 Rajab 1436H corresponding to 15 May 2015 by Mufaddal Saifuddin.[11][12][13]
Imaduddin is married to Zaenab (née Nuruddin),[14] daughter of Shabbir Nuruddin bin Taher Saifuddin.[15]