About Mufaddal Saifuddin
Mufaddal Saifuddin (Arabic: مُفضّل سيفُ ٱلدّين; born 20 August 1946) is the 53rd al-Dai al-Mutlaq and leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, a Tayyibi, Musta'li, Ismaili, Shia Muslim denomination. He succeeded his father, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, upon the latter’s death in January 2014. Born in Surat, India, Saifuddin was educated at Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah and pursued further studies in Cairo. During his father’s tenure, he held senior educational and administrative roles within the community. As leader, he has conceived community welfare initiatives such as Faiz al-Mawaid al-Burhaniyah and Project Rise, as well as restoration projects of Fatimid-era monuments in Egypt and the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Project, an urban redevelopment project in Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar. Saifuddin serves as Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia, and has received state honours including Kenya’s Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart, Egypt’s Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile, and Pakistan’s Nishan-e-Pakistan. A direct descendant of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed, Saifuddin's lineage traces back through Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, continuing back through to Imam Hussein to Ali ibn Abi Talib and his wife, Fatima al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet. In 1971, he was awarded the degree of al-Aleem al-Baari (Outstanding Scholar), a title conferred upon the institution’s most accomplished graduates. Although the youngest of the four, he was designated as the final authority among them. During this period, he became known as al-Amir Mufaddal and represented his father in various academic and interfaith circles.
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