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I went through the old discussions link but I am not convinced. Islam is for all humankind - so should be Ismailism too ---right? How can we expect the humankind to benefit if we have a close door policy? We are not selling some secret formula ---we are talking of spiritual well being of humankind -...

why are non ismailis not allowed to enter jamatkhana and witness the prayers? My non ismaili friends want to come and witness , hear, observe our prayers in our jamatkhanas. I feel if they come and see then they will get imaan. Should we not encourage all humankind to follow our true path ? Publicly...

just curious - what are the basis - merits / requirements / qualifications for the selection and appointments of mukhi and kamadias ? I have noticed that most of the times - people who are regular in daily jamatkhana for years never get selected. Also only "the rich" are appointed .

..but can the adults not renew this again so that they can be serious about it and have better understanding as what they are promising or what is expected of them. Why take it negatively that the person may want to leave? this way person will be more serious and responsible.

yes i remember Mowla baapa in his farman stating specifically that namaz would happen in a year or so! then what happened? why is mowla baapa word not kept?

But Bayah is done when the baby is born he or she cannot promise all this. So dont you think Bayah should be after the babies are adults and can understand and then take vow? As babies they are just forced to do what they do not understand

The traditional five pillars of Islam namely: Shahadah, Namaz, Zakat, ramadan, hajj is practiced . Also other customs like doing wajoo and azaan, saying salaam etc. are practiced. My question is when and how did we (Ismailis) move away from these and bring in the changes to the traditional Islamic r...

Yes many many times . I and my few friends have a group where we discuss this on regular basis. Our topmost reason is that coming to JK has become more materialistic than spiritual. who wears what, when and which car they come in, which group of rich friends they have who is in which top majalises e...

Just wanted to post "the end" to conclude this. My friends husband and kids found out and kicked her out to go to her paramour. The paramour's wife came to know she was upset but did not want to break her home and he too did not want to leave his family, though his kids are not forgiving a...

This means in the ' pluralistic' society we bend backwards against our principles ? Pluralistic does not mean selling our values but means we have to amicably coexist with them. I have my bosses coming over to my home and they always drink alcohol before dinner, so what you are saying is - I have to...

I dont care what the rest of the world do whether airline or friends. My understanding of Imams farman is not to drink alcohol. If the jamat and the whole world, muslim or others tend to still elect to drink it is their problem. But what about the alcohol being drunk ON our Aga Khan Museum and Jamat...

On my visit to Toronto recently along with my Muslim friends I wanted to take them to our Aga Khan Museum one of the world renowned landmark of our Imam and Ismailis. I proudly went to the website of the museum to show my friends what it was and when I saw there was a restaurant on the premises I ex...

Since it was MHI himself who said that the ismaili namaz would be introduced (he did not say dua) at the time of golden jubilee , the ques above was based on his words. our Ismaili religion is very private no one knows much about its practices and faith unless when one converts (does bayyat). The pe...

MHI had at the time of golden jubilee announced that there would soon be a uniform Ismaili Namaz but this did not happen. where did the ball drop? My bhabhi who converted from sunni at that time was eager so that she could follow the namaz which would not let her lose her sunni identity but this was...

Nothing is working. Anyways , I have stopped interacting or going out with them. I leave it to fate to decide. After all my lectures, at some point I am sure their conscience will bite them - hopefully

admin thank you. yes, I agree with you I am better off keeping quiet rather than ruining families and betraying trust. But I still want to pursue and persuade them to end it. Since they are regular in jamatkhana and active in Jamat... If there was a farman I could maybe awaken their conscience. I ha...

Actually my friend has admitted to me but has warned me against telling anyone. I have tried my best to persuade her to end this. In fact, she is the one who has told me to keep my mouth shut as I will destroy 2 families and also their childrens lives. She tells me I will get Gunah for ruining 2 fam...

What are the farmans related to adultery? In Ismailism ...how is adultery handled? I am asking the above questions because my friend ( married) is having an affair with my other friend's husband. Both the couples are Ismailis. Since coming to know this I do not know what I should do ? Should I infor...

In the month of holy Ramadan every Muslim fasts except the Ismailis ...on asking the missionaries/ jamati leaders they say Hazar Imam said we should only fast in thoughts and action and not in food. Fasting is Batuni and not zahiri. But if I want to I can fast along with control in action and though...

i remember visiting in the 70s to 80s the mumbai darkhana jamatkhana for Lail tul Qadr nights tasbih. At the time there was a custom there ( may still be existing) and this was only exclusively in Darkhana mumbai jamatkhana ! it was called Chitti Upadvani , A card ( chitti) was distributed to all an...

dear all....my main request for advise has been ignored by all and other arguements and info has been discussed and posted. reminder: my ques was: Can we give the dasond money to the needy and poor ourselves? I have a friend who is a widow with small children, very needy, sick and desparate. but I d...

our dasond is equivalent of zakat of muslims. Muslims give zakat to the needy and poor and we give in Jamatkhana via which it is routed to AKF. My ques is Can we give the dasond money to the needy and poor directly ourselves? I have a friend who is a widow, very needy, sick and desparate. but I too ...

I have come across a great book with 99 names of Allah and their meanings and how and when to recite each name. Can I remove tasbih of these names?

I -----too have all these ques and I am confused too...and always get these typical answers mentioned by you....just run around ...and round.....I am a confused Ismaili

I had asked a simple question in Serena Hotel topic if we can be in business of convenience stores. But you have deleted it? may I ask why? This is a wonderful forum and I had many hopes of getting answers to confusing topics on Ismailism as we younger generation cannot just blindly accept any answe...

Even I have not come across any farmans saying that we cannot pray in the masjids. But when I was temporarily in Saudi ( there is no khane there) I went to the masjids with office colleagues there but when I came back and told mukhisaheb he told me I should have prayed dua at home. To double check I...

Off course she was a Muslim lady and that is why she performed Hajj but she was not an Ismaili many sources says that she was converted in Ismailisma latter on but first she was an Ishanashari. You are confusing with the previous Mata Salamat. The Mata Salamat, wife of our Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah...

This is news for me....Mata Salamat the wife of SMS was not an Ismaili throught SMS 's lifetime? I thought once married she converted. My cousin wants to marry a Sunni but his family is insisting that she converts so this has been dragging since 3 years so it is okay for him to marry a sunni?

This means once the Ismaili Namaz is in place we will be allowed to go to any Mosques?

Thank you. Seems long and complicated. But I got the gist. It looks like they were just organizing and printing farmans earning some sawab ,simlar to me copying them and giving to my sister anyways I will comment only after understanding properly. But my grouse is everyone quotes and convinces you i...