Khuzaima Qutbuddin

{{Short description|Claimant to the position of 53rd Dai-al-Mutlaq (1940–2016)}}

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| name = Khuzaima Qutbuddin

| image = Khuzaima_Qutbuddin_leading_prayers_at_Saifee_Masjid,_Mumbai.jpg

| image_caption = Khuzaima Qutbuddin leading prayers at Saifee Masjid, Mumbai on 21 August 2011, corresponding to the night of 23rd Ramadan 1432AH, on Laylat al-Qadr

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|6|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mumbai, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|03|30|1940|06|05|df=y}}

| death_place = California, U.S.

| citizenship = Indian

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| organization = Qutbi Bohra

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| predecessor = N/A

| successor = Taher Fakhruddin

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| parents = Taher Saifuddin
Amena Aaisaheba

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| website = {{URL|fatemidawat.com}}

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{{Ismailism|collapsed=1}}

Abu Taher Khuzaima Qutbuddin{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/dawoodi-bohra-succession-case-story-so-far-fakhruddin-claims-historic-precedents-of-private-conferment-of-succession-rights-exist-4248371.html|title=Dawoodi Bohra Succession Case, story so far: Fakhruddin claims historic precedents of private conferment of succession rights exist|website=Firstpost|date=8 December 2017 |access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sydena-post-hc-allows-fakhruddin-s-plea-to-turn-plaintiff-117030800008_1.html|title=Sydena post: HC allows Fakhruddin's plea to turn plaintiff|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2017-03-08|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-12-03}} (5 June 1940 {{endash}} 30 March 2016) was the son of the 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq, half brother of the 52nd Da'i and a Mazoon of the Dawoodi Bohras,{{cite web|title=A perilous transition|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/A-perilous-transition/articleshow/29266169.cms|accessdate=6 April 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/who-is-new-syedna-trouble-brews-as-half-brother-stakes-claim/|title=Who is new Syedna? Trouble brews as half-brother stakes claim | The Indian Express|date=20 January 2014 |work=The Indian Express|accessdate=2014-02-01}} a subgroup within the Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. Qutbuddin was appointed as Mazoon by the Da'i al-Mutlaq, Muhammad Burhanuddin in 1965.{{cite web|title=The Intricacies of Succession: Two Claimants Emerge for Dawoodi Bohra Leadership|website=HuffPost |date=30 January 2014 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rizwan-mawani/the-intricacies-of-succes_b_4687546.html|accessdate=6 April 2014}}

Qutbuddin, a half-brother of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin and a rival claimant to the title of Dai-al-Mutlaq, claimed that his half-brother appointed him heir in 1965 while conferring on him the title of "mazoon".{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Sons-loyalists-knock-doors-at-night-for-support/articleshow/29369431.cms|title=Son's loyalists knock doors at night for support|date=2014-01-25 |accessdate=2014-03-12}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-succession-war-breaks-out-in-syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-s-family-1954417 |title=Succession war breaks out in Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin's family|date=2014-01-21 |accessdate=2014-03-23}} Contrary to the claim, Mufaddal Saifuddin son of late Burhanuddin claimed that his father had declared "nass" (succession) on him in London on 4 June 2011, and many times before.{{cite web|title=Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin |url=http://freepressjournal.in/syedna-aali-qadr-mufaddal-saifuddin/ |accessdate=27 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208175533/http://freepressjournal.in/syedna-aali-qadr-mufaddal-saifuddin/ |archivedate= 8 February 2014 }}{{cite web|title=The Last Glimpse|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?289229|accessdate=27 March 2014}}http://www.maeeshat.in/2014/02/dawoodi-bohras-endorse-solidarity-for-their-spiritual-leader, www.maeeshat.in, dawoodi-bohras-endorse-solidarity-for-their-spiritual-leader, ".. every Dawoodi Bohra around the world as they have witnessed the 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq publicly appoint his second son Syedna Mufaddal Saifudddin TUS as his successor by conferring Nass (investiture) in 2011 in Mumbai and had also explicitly reaffirmed it on many occasions since several years."{{cite web |url=http://www.one.in/dnaindia-mumbai/bohras-make-anti-syedna-faction%E2%80%99s-ex-communication-official-stick-by-mufaddal-saifuddin-1153595.html |title=Bohras make anti-Syedna faction's ex-communication official, stick by Mufaddal Saifuddin |accessdate=2014-05-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514115052/http://www.one.in/dnaindia-mumbai/bohras-make-anti-syedna-faction%E2%80%99s-ex-communication-official-stick-by-mufaddal-saifuddin-1153595.html |archivedate=14 May 2014 }}, dnaindia-mumbai, bohras-make-anti-syedna-faction-ex-communication-official-stick-by-mufaddal-saifuddin, Welcoming the crowd, Qaidjoher(First son of late Syedna) said: "...People have tried to break our unity but we should stand united for each other."

He added, ...Nass was performed on Mufaddal not once but a number of times." On 23 April 2024, the Bombay high court dismissed the suit challenging Mufaddal Saifuddin's position as the 53rd Dai-al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra Community. The court dismissed the claim by Taher Fakhruddin (son of Khuzaima Qutbuddin) and upheld Mufaddal as Dai-ul-Mutlaq.{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bombay-high-court-rejects-dawoodi-bohra-succession-suit-101713852817458.html | title=Bombay high court rejects Dawoodi Bohra succession suit, upholds Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin’s claim | date=23 April 2024 }}