Taher Saifuddin#Da'i al-Mutlaq

Taher Saifuddin was born to Mohammed Burhanuddin I and Amatullah Aaisaheba{{cite book |last=His Holiness |first=Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb |year=2016 |title= رسالة اننعي المسماة - حكمة الغيبة القدسانية الابدية |location=Mumbai |author-link1=Mufaddal Saifuddin |trans-title=Forgotten Message- Hidden Wisdom of Eternal Heavens |publisher= Badri Mahal }} on 4 August 1888{{efn|name=fdobcon}} in Surat, British India (present day the state of Gujarat).{{r|dmol}}{{Cite book|title=His Holiness Doctor Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb, Dai-ul-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006279149 |archive-date=12 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612052157/https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006279149 |via=catalog.hathitrust.org |last1=Habibullah |first1=Mulla Abdul Qaiyum |publisher=Dawoodi Bohra Book Depot |location=Mumbai}}

File:Syedna Taher Saifuddin and King ibn Saud at Aligarh Muslim University.jpg in 1955 at Aligarh.]]

Saifuddin became the 51st al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq in the year 1915 at the age of 28.

During his reign, he rebuilt and repaired many monuments of the Fatimid Imams, al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq, and other structures, and artifacts.{{vague|date=June 2020}}{{Cite encyclopedia |last1=Toorawa |first1=Shawkat M |chapter=Tahir Sayf al-Din |title= Encyclopaedia of Islam |edition=2 | editor1= P. Bearman |editor2= Th. Bianquis |editor3= C.E. Bosworth |editor4=E. van Donzel |editor5=W.P. Heinrichs |date=15 June 2020 |orig-date=2012 |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7309 |isbn=9789004161214 |chapter-url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/tahir-sayf-al-din-SIM_7309 |via=brillonline.com}}

Saifuddin was instrumental in setting up over 350 co-ed institutes,{{r|dmol}}{{Cite book |title=The All India Muslim Educational Conference: Its Contribution to the Cultural Development of Indian Muslims, 1886-1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRFuAAAAMAAJ |year=2007 |orig-date=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195793758 |first1=Abdul Rashid |last1=Khan |via=books.google.com |page=277}} some of which bear his name, including but not limited to: Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah in Surat,{{Cite web|title=The Jamea of Africa - A Millennium of Fatemi Learning Comes to Life in Kenya |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/02/the-jamea-of-africa-a-millenium-of-fatemi-learning-comes-to-life-in-kenya/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623093019/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/02/the-jamea-of-africa-a-millenium-of-fatemi-learning-comes-to-life-in-kenya/ |date=2 Feb 2018 |website=thedawoodibohras.com}} Saifee Hall in Calcutta,{{Cite web|title=Overview of the School |url=https://www.sgjskolkata.com/new_website/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623173820/https://www.sgjskolkata.com/new_website/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |website=sgjskolkata.com |access-date=23 Jun 2020}} Saifiyah Girls School in Karachi,{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.saifiyahgirls.com/about-us |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623180723/https://www.saifiyahgirls.com/about-us |archive-date=23 June 2020 |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |website=saifiyahgirls}} Saifi High in Mumbai,{{Cite web|title=History of School |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623180410/http://saifihighschool.in/aboutus.aspx |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |url=http://saifihighschool.in/aboutus.aspx}} Saifee Nursery at Saifee Mahal in Mumbai,{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.saifeenursery.org/our-history/ |archive-date=23 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623190301/http://www.saifeenursery.org/our-history/ |website=saifeenursery.org |access-date=23 June 2020}} Saifee Eide Zahabi College in Karachi,{{Cite web|title=Saifee Eide Zahabi Institute of Technology|url=https://www.sezit.org/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=Saifee Eide Zahabi|language=en-US}} Saifee Golden Jubilee Quaderia College in Burhanpur,{{Cite web |title=About the College |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623200253/https://www.sgjqcollege.in/ |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |website=sgjqcollege |archive-date=23 June 2020 |url=https://www.sgjqcollege.in/ }} Saifee Jubilee Arts and Commerce College in Sidhpur.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Mohammed Burhanuddin later organized the schools under the banner of MSB Educational Institute{{Cite web |title=Education |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/05/education/ |date=5 Feb 2018 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623092948/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/05/education/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |via=thedawoodibohras.com}} (also known as Al Madrasa Tus Saifiya Tul Burhaniyah{{Cite web |title=Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations: List of Affiliated Schools |url=http://dise.in/Downloads/UDISE/AffilitionBooklet.pdf |website=dise.in |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623182840/http://dise.in/Downloads/UDISE/AffilitionBooklet.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Muntalaq Islami |language=en |url=https://msbhaidery.com/muntalaq-islami/ |access-date=25 Jun 2020 |website=msbhaidery.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200629105810/https://msbhaidery.com/muntalaq-islami/ |archive-date=29 June 2020}}), which are affiliated with Indian Certificate of Secondary Education{{Cite web |title=About MSB |url=https://idaramsb.net/front/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623165822/https://idaramsb.net/front/ |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |website=idaramsb.net}} and, as of 2011, has branches in 22 cities{{Cite news |title=Bohra spiritual head visits MSB Educational Institute |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bohra-spiritual-head-visits-MSB-Educational-Institute/articleshow/7408168.cms |date=2 Feb 2011 |website=timesofindia.com |publisher=Times of India |archive-date=23 June 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623173953/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/New-pipeline-to-end-water-woes-by-December/articleshow/7408172.cms}} across India, Pakistan, East Africa, and the Middle East.{{r|idaramsb}} Burhanuddin organized the numerous religious schools world-wide known as Madrasas under the purview of the department of Attalim.{{Cite thesis |title=Conceptual study of the Quranic education system managed under Dawoodi Bohra Spiritual leadership |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/111649/ |year=2016 |last1=Izzuddin |first1=Tasneem Saify |institution=Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibarewala University |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628124801/https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/111649/10/10_chapter%203.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2020 |chapter=Chapter 3: Population and Geographical Distribution of Dawoodi Bohras |hdl=10603/111649 |chapter-url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/111649/10/10_chapter%203.pdf |via=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}

Saifuddin was appointed the Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516212722/http://thedawoodibohras.com/51st-Dai-Aligarh.html |archive-date=16 May 2018 |url=http://thedawoodibohras.com/51st-Dai-Aligarh.html |title=51st Dai at Aligarh |website=thedawoodibohras.com |access-date=27 Jul 2016 |url-status=usurped}} for four consecutive terms,{{Cite web| url=https://www.amu.ac.in/pro.jsp?did=10065&lid=Chancellors |editor1-first=Rahat |editor1-last=Abrar |title=Chancellors of AMU |website=amu.ac.in |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517214338/https://www.amu.ac.in/pro.jsp?did=10065&lid=Chancellors |archive-date=17 May 2020}}{{Cite book |last=E. Ulrich |first=Hellen |title=Competition and Modernization in South Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMBPFm-QBb4C |orig-date=1975 |date=1 Jun 2003 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Abhinav Publications |page=158 |chapter=Competitive Modernization Within The Daudi Bohra Sect of Muslims and its Significance for Indian Political Development |isbn=9788170170235 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMBPFm-QBb4C&pg=PA158 |via=books.google.com |oclc=566017444}} starting in 1953. Under Saifuddin's chancellorship, Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation of Asia's largest library, the Maulana Azad Library, at AMU.{{Cite news |title=As AMU turns 100, Mumbai reflects on its historic bonds |url=https://www.siasat.com/as-amu-turns-100-mumbai-reflects-on-its-historic-bonds-2051020/ |date=22 Dec 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210310120427/https://www.siasat.com/as-amu-turns-100-mumbai-reflects-on-its-historic-bonds-2051020/ |archive-date=10 March 2021 |last1=Wajihuddin |first1=Mohammed |publisher=Siasat |location=Mumbai}}

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|quote=His Holiness [Taher Saifuddin] is not only the heir to Fatimid tradition of learning, but has in the course of his fifty years of office wrestled with the problems of the modern age. Literature and poetry, learning and teaching, organisation and administration, national and international harmony, commerce, industry and technology, these are the broad facets which received his diligent attention and filled every moment of his life.

|source = {{mdash}}Yusuf Najmuddin, in a foreword of his book 'A Philosophical Discourse' speaks of Saifuddin's stewardship of the Dawoodi Bohra community.{{cite web |title=A Philosophical Discourse |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/blog/a-philosophical-discourse/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210630133935/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/blog/a-philosophical-discourse/ |date=29 November 2017 |archive-date=30 June 2021 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}}

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Saifuddin from his own personal wealth renovated Dars-e Saifee, an institution of Islamic studies, founded by his predecessor Abdeali Saifuddin {{circa|1810}} in Surat,{{Cite web |title=A brief history of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/brief-history/ |access-date=24 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624120131/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/brief-history/ |archive-date=24 June 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}} transformed it in to a university by introducing secular courses and establishing affiliations with international educational bodies, and consequently renamed it Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah ({{lit|The Saifiyah University}}).{{Cite web |title=The Realisation of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/realisation-of-aljamea-tus-saifiyah/ |access-date=24 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623102723/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/realisation-of-aljamea-tus-saifiyah/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}}

Keeping in line with tradition of his predecessor, Ismail Badr al-Din I,{{Cite web |title=Tharīd al-Baraka at Aljamea |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/tharid-al-baraka-at-aljamea/ |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |date=10 Mar 2018 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628111312/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/tharid-al-baraka-at-aljamea/}}{{Cite web |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea-2/al-dai-al-ajal-syedna-ismail-badruddin-ra/ |title=Al-Da'i al-Ajal Syedna Isma'il Badruddin RA |access-date=24 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624114901/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea-2/al-dai-al-ajal-syedna-ismail-badruddin-ra/ |archive-date=24 June 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu}} the talabat al-ilm ({{lit|seekers of knowledge}}) of the institution were provided with lodging and meals at full cost to the office of Dai al-Mutlaq.{{r|dmol}}{{r|nbijamea}}{{r|jismail}} To further inclusion and expansion, Saifuddin admitted to Aljamea its first female students.{{r|nbijamea}} As is tradition,{{r|nbijamea}} in his capacity as Dai al-Mutlaq, Saifuddin personally taught select classes at the newly renovated Academy.{{Cite book |title=Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah: An novel experiment in Islamic and Arabic studies |url=https://misbah.info/wp-content/themes/posts/ebook/al-jamea-tus-saifiyah/files/mobile/index.html |chapter=The Oldest Living Student of Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah: Shaikh Ibrahim Shaikh Mohamedali Moinuddin Al Yamani |chapter-url=https://www.misbah.info/wp-content/themes/posts/ebook/al-jamea-tus-saifiyah/files/res/mobile/page0011_i2.jpg |page=11 |year=1991 |publisher=Department of Statistics and Information, Dawate-Hadiyah |agency=Badri Mahal |location=Mumbai |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624114056/https://www.misbah.info/wp-content/themes/posts/ebook/al-jamea-tus-saifiyah/files/res/mobile/page0011_i2.jpg |archive-date=24 June 2020 |via=misbah.info}} Saifuddin brought about a structural and functional change at Aljamea: He personally oversaw the standardization of the syllabus of each class and wrote numerous memoranda and treatises which were instilled into the curriculum.{{r|thesis}} To this day, the treatises written by Saifuddin and his successors, Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mufaddal Saifuddin, are taught through the year{{r|jsanawi}} and are central subjects of al-Imtihan al-Sanawi ({{lit|the annual exams}}),{{Cite web |title=Al-Imtihān al-Sanawī: Annual Examinations |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/academics/al-imtihan-al-sanavi-annual-examinations/ |access-date=24 Jun 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624131142/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/academics/al-imtihan-al-sanavi-annual-examinations/ |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=An Intellectual Renaissance |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/04/15/an-intellectual-renaissance/ |website=thedawoodibohras.com |date=15 Apr 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625131037/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/04/15/an-intellectual-renaissance/ |archive-date=25 June 2020}} among other religious{{r|hindunbi}}{{Cite web |title=Chief Minister of Gujarat visits Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/chief-minister-of-gujarat-visits-aljamea-tus-saifiyah/ |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628070906/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/chief-minister-of-gujarat-visits-aljamea-tus-saifiyah/ |archive-date=28 June 2020 |date=13 Apr 2018}} and secular subjects.{{r|hindunbi}}

After succeeding his father, Burhanuddin significantly expanded the reach of Aljamea: He added Mahad al-Zahra, an institute of Quranic studies {{circa|1976}}, re-renovated the Surat campus {{circa|1983}}, established campuses at Karachi {{circa|1983}}, Nairobi {{circa|2011}},{{r|nbijamea}} and Mumbai {{circa|2013}}.{{Cite news |title=Studying the Koran, and also Einstein |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/dawoodi-bohra-studying-the-koran-and-also-einstein/article18447586.ece |date=13 May 2016 |last1=Shelar |first1=Jyoti |location=Nairobi |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624134158/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/dawoodi-bohra-studying-the-koran-and-also-einstein/article18447586.ece |archive-date=24 June 2020 |newspaper=The Hindu }} Aljamea and its graduates have since become integral to spiritual and temporal aspects of the Dawoodi Bohra community.{{r|tdbed}}{{Cite thesis |title=Conceptual study of the Quranic education system managed under Dawoodi Bohra Spiritual leadership |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/111649/ |year=2016 |last1=Izzuddin |first1=Tasneem Saify |institution=Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibarewala University |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624120652/https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/111649/11/11_chapter%204.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2020 |chapter=Chapter 4: The Management System of Dawoodi Bohra for Maximum Literacy Rate Through Quranic Education |hdl=10603/111649 |chapter-url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/111649/11/11_chapter%204.pdf |via=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}{{r|ummehani}}{{cite thesis |degree=Bachelor's |title=Dawoodi Bohra implementation of meaning making methods for successful establishment in Western societies |url=https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A822240&dswid=8913 |year=2015 |location=Uppsala |institution=Uppsala University |pages=30–31 |last1=Hill |first1=Geoffrey |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628173256/https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:822240&dswid=-7937 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |url-status=live}}

File:Syedna Taher Saifuddin and Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.jpg {{circa|1960}}.]]

Saifuddin founded Bunaiyat-tul-Eidiz-Zahabi, a volunteer-run organisation of Dawoodi Bohra Women, in the 1950s which set a precedent that led to formation of Burhani Womens Association by his son Burhanuddin; Happy Threads and Supermums by Mufaddal Saifuddin's daughter Umme Haani in {{decade|2010}},{{Cite web |title=International Women's Day – Bohra Women's Organisations and What They Do |work=The Dawoodi Bohras |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/03/15/international-womens-day-bohra-womens-organisations-and-what-they-do/ |access-date=20 May 2020 |date=15 Mar 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623090448/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/03/15/international-womens-day-bohra-womens-organisations-and-what-they-do/ |archive-date=23 June 2020}} and The Radiant Arts by Mufaddal Saifuddin's daughter-in-law Zaenab Imaduddin.{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6IIkUJYH-/ |author=the_radiantarts |title=Welcome to Instagram @zaenabimaduddin We are so so excited to see your personal journey with Art through this platform♡ May you shine virtually as much as you do irl ☆ Good Luck ! Lots of Love, Your Team 💐💐💐💐💐💐 |date=21 Jul 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200721200308/https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6IIkUJYH-/ |archive-date=21 July 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Founder's Note |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B-bcGtopMjw/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200729201100/https://www.instagram.com/p/B-bcGtopMjw/ |archive-date=29 July 2020 |website=instagram.com |author=the_radiantarts |date=1 Apr 2020}}

In a similar vein, Saifuddin established an organisation of Dawoodi Bohra men, Shabab ul-Eid iz-Zahabi, during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of his 50 years in the office of Dai al-Mutlaq,{{Cite web |url=http://www.daeratoshabab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Shabab-History.pdf |title=Shabab History |access-date= 23 Jun 2020 |language=ur|archive-date= 23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623202422/http://www.daeratoshabab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Shabab-History.pdf |website=daeratoshabab.org}}{{Cite web |title=Shabab-ul-Eidiz Zahabi Toronto Chapter |url=http://www.torontoshabab.com/about-us |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |website=torontoshabab.com |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623220541/http://www.torontoshabab.com/about-us |quote=On the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee of Syedna Taher Saifuddin AQ accession to the office of Da'il Mutlaq in 1962, an organization for mumineen youth was founded. Named after the auspicious Golden Jubilee, Shabab-Ul-Eidiz-Zahabi began its operations in Karachi. This was followed by the creation of local chapters all over Bilaad Imaniyah, with Raza Mubarak of Syedna. Reorganization under Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin TUS further bolstered Shabab's reputation for khidmat and jaafeshaani, under a central body.}} exclusively for community service.{{r|offshabab}}{{r|torshabab}}{{Cite news |title=Dawoodi Bohras: Dawoodi Bohras celebrate Syedna's birthday with zeal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/dawoodi-bohras-celebrate-syednas-birthday-with-zeal/articleshow/62407196.cms |date=8 Jan 2018 |publisher=India Times |website=timesofindia.com |location=Nagpur |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625082116/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/deteriorating-condition-of-water-bodies-force-migratory-birds-to-scout-for-safer-places/articleshow/62406679.cms |archive-date=25 June 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Procession to Mark 102nd Birthday of Religious Leader |url=https://udaipurtimes.com/events/procession-to-mark-102nd-birthday-of-religious-leader/c74416-w2859-cid118557-s10700.htm |last1=Goswami |first1=Vajrasar |date=28 Feb 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625082241/https://udaipurtimes.com/events/procession-to-mark-102nd-birthday-of-religious-leader/c74416-w2859-cid118557-s10700.htm |archive-date=25 June 2020 |website=udaipurtimes.com |publisher=Udaipur Times |location=Udaipur}} Mohammed Burhanuddin would later found the Burhani Guards (for crowd-control at miqaats {{lit|religious events}}),{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Burhani Guards International |url=https://burhaniguards.com/ |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |website=burhaniguards.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623203553/https://burhaniguards.com/ |archive-date=23 Jun 2020}}{{Cite news |title=When Karachi 'guards' helped Mumbai Police control crowds |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/when-karachi-guards-helped-mumbai-police-control-crowds/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623220226/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/when-karachi-guards-helped-mumbai-police-control-crowds/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |date=2 Mar 2014 |last1=Saldanha |first1=Alison |website=indianexpress.com |publisher=Indian Express |access-date=23 June 2020 |url-status=live }} Tolaba ul-Kulliyat il-Mumenoon (of college and school students),{{Cite web |title=About Tolaba |url=http://www.tolobamadras.com/about-toloba/ |access-date=25 Jun 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625125040/http://www.tolobamadras.com/about-toloba/ |archive-date=25 Jun 2015 |website=tolabamadras.com |url-status=usurped}}{{Cite web |title=About Tolaba ul Kulliyat il Mumenoon |url=http://tolaba.dubaijamaat.org/main/about |access-date=23 Jun 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623221647/http://tolaba.dubaijamaat.org/main/about |website=tolaba.dubaijamaat.org |quote=Tolaba-ul-Kulliyat-il-Mumenoon (Tolaba) is an international youth wing committee of Dawoodi Bohra Community, was founded in the year 1975, under the auspicies and the guidance of His Holiness DR. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb (TUS). Tolaba is an international organisation and functions under the Presidentship of the Amil Saheb (representative of H.H. Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb (TUS) of the respective city/town).}} Burhani Medical Idara (of medical professionals),{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.burhanimedicalidara.org/Public/AboutUs.aspx |access-date=22 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222081316/http://www.burhanimedicalidara.org/Public/AboutUs.aspx |archive-date=22 Dec 2019 |website=burhanimedicalidara.org |quote=...by the Raza & Dua Mubarak of our beloved Aqa Moula Al-Hayyul Muqaddas Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA "BURHANI MEDICAL IDARA" was formed. On 11th Safarul Muzaffar 1424H. – worldwide Mumineen Doctor's was blessed with Sharaf of Ziyafat of Al-Hayyul Muqaddas Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA. On this auspicious occasion BURHANI MEDICAL IDARA was officially announced in Doctor's Ijtema in Surat.}} Saifee Ambulance in India,{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} and Burhani Ambulance in Pakistan (of paramedics and first responders).{{Cite web|title=About BGT |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628043157/https://www.burhaniguardstrust.com/org/about-bgt/ |archive-date=28 June 2020 |url=https://www.burhaniguardstrust.com/org/about-bgt/ |access-date=20 Aug 2019 |website=burhaniguardstrust.com}} Mufaddal Saifuddin, on his first visit to North America, established Saifee Burhani Medical Association (America),{{Cite web |title=Ashara Scholarship Grant Program |url=https://sbmedical.org/ashara-scholarship-grant-program/ |date=13 Sep 2015 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726003929/https://sbmedical.org/ashara-scholarship-grant-program/ |website=sbmedical.org}} on 14 March 2015.{{Cite web |title=Mission |url=https://sbmedical.org/mission/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726000345/https://sbmedical.org/mission/ |archive-date=26 July 2020 |website=sbmedical.org |date=19 September 2015 |access-date=26 Jul 2020}}

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To subsidize costs and facilitate marriages among the close knit Dawoodi Bohra, Saifuddin initiated Rasm-e Saifee ({{lit|The tradition of Saifee}}){{Cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/348811/101-years-at-rasm-e-saifee-lucky-41-tie-the-nuptial-knot |title=101 years: At Rasm-e-Saifee, lucky 41 tie the nuptial knot |date=12 Mar 2012 |publisher=Tribune Pakistan |last1=Attarwala |first1=Fatima |location=Karachi |archive-date=13 Mar 2012 |website=tribune.com.pk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313041019/https://tribune.com.pk/story/348811/101-years-at-rasm-e-saifee-lucky-41-tie-the-nuptial-knot/}} in Jamnagar {{circa|1952}} and later institutionalised it {{circa|1963}}.{{r|rqiv}} Rasm-e Saifee is a singular occasion when multiple Nikah are solemnized at the hands of the Da'i al-Mutlaq and his representatives. Burhanuddin further organized it under International Taiyseer al-Nikah Committee (ITNC) ({{lit|International Committee for Marriage Facilitation}}),{{Cite web |title=Rasme Saifee |url=https://islamicvoice.com/September2006/Culture%26Traditions/ |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200622075846/https://islamicvoice.com/September2006/Culture%26Traditions/ |website=islamvoice.com |year=2006 |last1=Raghib |first1=Qureish}} which organizes Rasm-e Saifee throughout the year at various miqaats ({{lit|(religious) gatherings}}).{{Cite web |title=Welcome to International Taiseer un Nikah Committee (ITNC) |url=https://demo.taiseerunnikah.org/ |access-date=25 Jun 2020 |website=taiseerunnikah.org |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625144958/https://demo.taiseerunnikah.org/}} Burhanuddin's successor, Mufaddal Saifuddin, continues to uphold the tradition.{{Cite web |url=https://udaipurtimes.com/events/photos-mass-procession-organized-by-bohra-community/c74416-w2859-cid117498-s10700.htm |title=Mass procession organized by Bohra community |date=29 Dec 2013 |last1=Goswami |first1=Vajrasar |website=udaipurtimes.com |location=Udaipur |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625142735/https://udaipurtimes.com/events/photos-mass-procession-organized-by-bohra-community/c74416-w2859-cid117498-s10700.htm |archive-date=25 June 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Syedna to inaugurate Masjid in Secunderabad |url=https://telanganatoday.com/syedna-to-inaugurate-masjid-in-secunderabad |date=20 Oct 2019 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625142735/https://telanganatoday.com/syedna-to-inaugurate-masjid-in-secunderabad |website=teleganatoday.com}}

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Saifuddin contributed vast sums of money towards the refurbishment of mosques and shrines. He along with the Nizam of Hyderabad were among the few Indian Muslims to contribute towards the renovation of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem:{{Cite web |title=Indian Muslims and Palestine waqfs |url=http://twocircles.net/2010apr28/indian_muslims_and_palestine_waqfs.html#.VPDXP0J3bBI |first1=Omar |last1=Khalidi |date=29 Apr 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517144534/https://twocircles.net/2010apr28/indian_muslims_and_palestine_waqfs.html |archive-date=17 May 2020 |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |website=twocircles.net}}

:Sultan Taher Saif al-Din is said to have come from India with one hundred and fifty of his followers...At the Jerusalem station he was welcomed by the Mufti and other Sheikhs of the Supreme Moslem Council and a number of Arab notables including Ragheb Bey Nashashibi. A troop of Arab boy scouts paraded in his honour and there were two bands from Moslem institutions...The sultan was reputed to be a man of great wealth who had made substantial contributions to the religious and political funds of the Arabs of this country.{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/indian-oasis-114082201282_1.html |title=Indian oasis |first1=Navtej |last1=Sarna |archive-date=22 Mar 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322204451/https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/indian-oasis-114082201282_1.html |date=22 Aug 2014 |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |website=business-standard.com}}

Saifuddin also gifted the internal curtains which were kept in the Kaaba for decades to King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia in 1354AH, with whom he kept warm relations.{{Cite news |url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/494566 |title=Rare Kiswa piece fetches $1 million |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |date=18 Dec 2013 |issn=0254-833X |last1=Khan |first1=Fouzia |newspaper=Arab News : Saudi Arabia's First English Language Daily : ... Political and Financial Newspaper |publisher=Saudi Research and Publishing Company |location=Jeddah |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602065115/http://www.arabnews.com/news/494566 |archive-date=2 Jun 2017}}

Saifuddin constructed Ghurrat-ul Masajid ({{lit|Pride of Mosques}}),{{Cite web|url=http://thedawoodibohras.com/details-page51.html|title=The Dawoodi Bohras - al-da'i al-Mutlaq |website=thedawoodibohras.com |access-date=27 Jul 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730200622/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/details-page51.html |archive-date=30 Jul 2018 |url-status=usurped}} also known as Saifee Masjid,{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/264352/Saifee-Masjid|title=Saifee Masjid - Wikimapia|website=wikimapia.org|access-date=2016-07-27}} in Mumbai, Al-Mahal al-Saifee ({{lit|Saifee Palace}}) for pilgrims in Mecca, the zarih of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in Najaf and Husayn ibn Ali in Karbala and Cairo, the mausoleum of Qutub Khan Qutub al-Din{{Cite book |title=Architectural Marvels |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210310132302/https://www.misbah.info/wp-content/themes/posts/ebook/Architectural-Marvels/files/mobile/index.html%233 |url=https://www.misbah.info/wp-content/themes/posts/ebook/Architectural-Marvels/files/mobile/index.html#3 |access-date=9 Mar 2021 |year= |archive-date=10 March 2021 |location=Mumbai |publisher=Dawat-e-Hadiyah Trust |via=misbah.info |pages=1}} and Fakhr al-Din Shaheed. He also made and donated the kiswah for the Masjid al-Haram.{{when|date=June 2020}}

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Saifuddin married Husaina Aaisaheba, who was also from the family of the Du'at Mutlaqeen.{{r|hikg}} After her death,{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} he then married Vazira Aaisaheba, Fatima Aaisaheba, and Amina Aaisaheba.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0226056767 |isbn=0226056767 |title=Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras |first1=Jonah |last1=Blank |page=236 |year=2001 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |author-link1=Jonah Blank |via=books.google.com}}{{rp|535}}

Saifuddin had 12 sons and 8 daughters: His sons were Mohammed Burhanuddin, Husain Husamuddin,{{efn|Mukasir al-Dawat to Mohammed Burhanuddin, Mazoon al-Dawat to Mufaddal Saifuddin.{{Cite news |title=Syedi Husain Husamuddin passes away |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/syedi-husain-husamuddin-passes-away |date=8 Feb 2017 |quote=Born in Gujarat, Syedi Husamuddin was the second son of the 51st Dai al-Mutlaq, Syedna Taher Saifuddin. The 53rd head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, His Holiness Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin had appointed him to the position of the Mazoon a few months after the passing of the 52nd Dai, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin in 2014, whom he had served as the Mukasir for a number of years. |website=freepressjournal.in |location=Mumbai}}}} Abdut Taiyeb Zakiyuddin, Yusuf Najmuddin,{{efn|Amir al-Jamea (Rector of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah).{{Cite web |title=Dr Shahzada Yusuf Najmuddin QR |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea/dr-shehzada-yusuf-najmuddin-qr/ |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |date=15 Apr 2018 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |quote=Amirul Jamea, as he was fondly referred to, was a master of words. Whether they be spoken or written, extempore or rehearsed, prose or poetry, his eloquence and the potency of his words were unmatched. At seminars and conferences, and during his community discourses and sermons, his words not only appealed to varied audiences but demonstrated how Fatimi philosophy provides pragmatic solutions to contemporary issues.}}}} Ismail Shehabuddin, Hatim Hamiduddin, Qasim Hakimuddin,{{efn|Amir al-Jamea (Rector of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah). Mukasir, and then Mazoon al-Dawat to Mufaddal Saifuddin.{{Cite web |title=Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Mourns the Loss of its Rector |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/aljamea-tus-saifiyah-mourns-the-loss-of-its-rector/ |date=15 Apr 2018 |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |quote=Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS appointed him as the Mukāsir, and subsequently elevated him to the position of Maʾzūn of Daʿwa, two high-ranking positions within the community underneath the dāʿī. After the passing of Amir al-Jamea al-Muqaddas Shahzada Yusuf Bhaisaheb Najmuddin in 1407/1987, Syedna Burhanuddin RA appointed in his stead four rectors for the Academy including Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS, Syedi Qasim Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin, Shahzada Abbas Bhaisaheb Fakhruddin and Shahzada Qaidjoher Bhaisaheb Ezzuddin. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200715071540/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/aljamea-tus-saifiyah-mourns-the-loss-of-its-rector/ |archive-date=15 July 2020}}}} Aliasgar Kalimuddin,{{efn|Amir al-Jamea (Rector of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah).{{r|imtihandoc}} Mukasir,{{Cite web |title=Annual Planning Meeting of MSB Schools convened in Mumbai |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/10/annual-planning-meeting-of-msb-schools-convened-in-mumbai/ |date=10 Feb 2018 |access-date=14 Jun 2020 |location=Mumbai |quote=Mukasiro Da'watil Haq Syedi Aliasgar bhaisaheb KalimuddinDM and Shahzada Husain bhaisaheb BurhanuddinDM graced the meet with their august presence and words of inspiration and encouragement. |website=thedawoodibohras.com}} and then Mazoon al-Dawat to Mufaddal Saifuddin.{{Cite magazine |magazine=Badre Muneer |url=https://www.magzter.com/IN/NEELAM-PUBLICATIONS/BADRE-MUNEER/Home/341228 |lang=gu |access-date=15 Jul 2020 |date=6 April 2019 |publisher=Neelam Publications |location=Mumbai |pages=20–24 |via=magzter.com|title=BADRE MUNEER-Shaban-ul-Karim 1440 H.i Magazine - Get your Digital Subscription }}}} Shabbir Nooruddin,{{efn|Chairman, Islamic Foundation{{Cite book |title=Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlKSmWRQ8cC |chapter=Fanning the Flames of Anger Again |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlKSmWRQ8cC&pg=PA266|page=266 |year=2004 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=9788179912010 |editor1=Rafiq Zakaria |via=books.google.com}}}} Abbas Fakhruddin,{{efn|Amir al-Jamea (Rector of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah).{{Cite web|title=The Passing of Shahzada Fakhruddin Saheb Rector of Aljamea |url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/news-events/the-passing-of-shahzada-fakhruddin-saheb-rector-of-aljamea/ |date=15 Apr 2018 |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |quote=Shahzada Abbas bhaisaheb Fakhruddin, son of the 51st al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA, brother to the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA, and rector of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah for over three decades, passed away Wednesday, 14th February in Mumbai.}}}} Mohammed al-Baqir Jamaluddin, and Khuzaima Qutbuddin.{{efn|Mazoon al-Dawat to Mohammed Burhanuddin. Claimant to the post of the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq.{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rizwan-mawani/the-intricacies-of-succes_b_4687546.html | title=The Intricacies of Succession: Two Claimants Emerge for Dawoodi Bohra Leadership |work=The Huffington Post | date=30 January 2014 | access-date=11 February 2014 | first=Rizwan | last=Mawani |archive-date=27 Sep 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927154410/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rizwan-mawani/the-intricacies-of-succes_b_4687546.html}}{{Cite web|title=Uncertainty Among the Bohras |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/uncertainty-among-bohras/ |date=3 Feb 2020 |last1=Bhutia |first1=Lhendup G |website=openthemagazine.com |archive-date=2 Mar 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302142205/https://openthemagazine.com/features/uncertainty-among-bohras/}}}} His daughters were Asma, Maryam, Khadijah, Zahra, Shireen, Banu, Fatema, and Zainab.{{Cite book|title=سيدنا طاهر سيف الدين ني حيوة طيبة ني ايك جهلك |last1=Indorewala |first1=Haider |last2=Indorewala |first2=Saifuddin |last3=Indorewala |first3=Shabbir |publisher=Anjuman e Taiyebi - Indore |year=1975 |location=Indore |page=49 |trans-title=Syedna Taher Saifuddin's Life in a Glimpse}}{{Cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2017-02-07 |title=Dawoodi Bohra community's deputy in-command passes away |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/dawoodi-bohra-community-s-deputy-in-command-passes-away-117020700654_1.html |access-date=2022-12-27}}{{Cite web|date=2018-04-05 |title=Obituary: Mazoon al-Dawat, Syedi Qasim bhaisaheb Hakimuddin |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/04/05/obituary-mazoon-al-dawat-syedi-qasim-bhaisaheb-hakimuddin/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Dawoodi Bohras |language=en-US}}

Saifuddin descends from the family of the early leaders of the Fatimid mission in India, Fakhr al-Din and Abd al-Qadir Hakim al-Din.{{r|hikg}}

Saifuddin's Risalah ({{lit|epistle}}) are peculiarly titled gematrically equivalent to the Hijri year of its publication.{{Cite book |title=ميزة مفتاح خزائن العلوم|publisher=Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Badri Mahal|location=Mumbai }}{{Cite journal|last=Traboulsi|first=Samer|year=2016|title=Transmission of Knowledge and Book Preservation in the Ṭayyibī Ismāʿīlī Tradition|journal=Intellectual History of the Islamicate World|volume=4|issue=1–2|pages=22–35|doi=10.1163/2212943X-00401004|via=Brill}}

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Saifuddin was conferred Doctor of Theology by Aligarh Muslim University on 15 April 1946,{{cite web|url=https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea-2/al-dai-al-ajal-syedna-taher-saifuddin-ra/ |title=His Holiness Dr Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA |website=jameasaifiyah.edu |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623103301/https://jameasaifiyah.edu/philosophy-history/luminaries-of-aljamea-2/al-dai-al-ajal-syedna-taher-saifuddin-ra/ |archive-date=23 June 2020}} and later {{circa|1953}} accepted the chancellorship for which he was elected to for four consecutive terms.{{Cite web |title=Aligarh's History with Du'aat |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/02/aligarhs-history-with-duaat/ |date=2 Feb 2018 |website=thedawoodibohras.com |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625214330/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/02/02/aligarhs-history-with-duaat/}}

Saifuddin was among the first{{r|dawndoc}} to be conferred Doctor of Laws{{r|jquote}} by Karachi University {{circa|1955}}.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/666863/ku-teachers-step-up-agitation-over-maliks-degree |date=17 Oct 2011 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625212732/https://www.dawn.com/news/666863/ku-teachers-step-up-agitation-over-maliks-degree |title=KU teachers step up agitation over Malik's degree |publisher=Dawn Pakistan |website=dawn.com}}

Saifuddin was voted among 100 Greatest Indian Muslims of the Twentieth Century in an opinion poll run by Milli Gazette.{{Cite web |title=100 Greatest Indian Muslims of Twentieth Century |url=http://www.milligazette.com/mg_opinion_poll.htm |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200619145338/http://www.milligazette.com/mg_opinion_poll.htm |archive-date=19 June 2020 |website=milligazette.com |publisher=Milli Gazette}}

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Saifuddin died on 12 November 1965 (19 Rajab al-Asab 1385H){{r|farhist}} at Matheran, a hill-station in Maharashtra, India.{{Cite book |title=Asian Recorder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3weAAAAMAAJ |editor1-first=K K |editor1-last=Thomas |page=6803 |volume=11 |orig-date=1965 |year=2006 |publisher=Recorder Press |via=The University of Michigan}} He is buried at Raudat Tahera, a mausoleum opposite Ghurrat-ul Masajid in South Bombay, constructed by his successor, Mohammed Burhanuddin.{{Cite web|title=51st Da'i al-Mutlaq |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/about-the-bohras/the-dai-al-mutlaq/51st-dai-al-mutlaq/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601110405/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/about-the-bohras/the-dai-al-mutlaq/51st-dai-al-mutlaq/ |archive-date=1 Jun 2020 |access-date=12 June 2020 |quote=His successor, Syedna Mohammed BurhanuddinRA built the magnificent Raudat Tahera in which the entire Quran-e-majeed has been engraved in marble with gold leaf. The Bismillahs have been encrusted with rubies. The entire building and its surroundings exhibit the architectural legacies of the Fatimids. |via=thedawoodibohras.com}}

Saifuddin donated his home Saifee Villa in Dandi, Navsari where Gandhi stayed for ten days during his historic march from Sabarmati Ashram against the English Salt Laws, to Nehru in 1961. It was later converted into a National Museum.{{r|saifeeit}}{{Cite web |title=Syedna Taher Saifuddin's Dedication of Saifee Villa in Dandi to the Nation |url=https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/08/01/syedna-taher-saifuddins-dedication-of-saifee-villa-in-dandi-to-the-nation/ |date=1 Aug 2018 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623084827/https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/2018/08/01/syedna-taher-saifuddins-dedication-of-saifee-villa-in-dandi-to-the-nation/ |archive-date=23 June 2020 |website=thedawoodibohras.com}} Present day, it lies adjacent to the 15-acre National Salt Satyagraha Memorial which was inaugurated by Narendra Modi in 2019.{{Cite news |title=A memorial carved in Stone |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20190311-a-memorial-carved-in-stone-1467074-2019-03-02 |date=2 Mar 2018 |last1=Madhukar |first1=Uday |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623191523/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20190311-a-memorial-carved-in-stone-1467074-2019-03-02 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |publisher=India Today}}

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The Syedna Taher Saifuddin School at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is named after him in his honour.{{Cite web |title=AMU Chancellor's Delegation Visits STS School |url=https://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=5161 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623111143/https://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=5161 |date=22 Jan 2018 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |website=amu.ac.in}} Saifuddin was the longest serving chancellor at AMU at 12 years,{{r|amufour}} and was a patron of the Ali Society at AMU.{{Cite news |title=Extremism gives birth to separatism: Acharya Pramod |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/14189-extremism-gives-birth-to-separatism-acharya-pramod |date=14 May 2016 |publisher=Milli Gazette |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200619145445/http://www.milligazette.com/news/14189-extremism-gives-birth-to-separatism-acharya-pramod |archive-date=19 June 2020 |website=milligazette.com |access-date=20 May 2020}}

Saifee Hospital in Mumbai, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005, was dedicated to Saifuddin by his successor, Mohammed Burhanuddin, who built the hospital in social service.{{Cite web |title=Saifee Hospital - History |url=https://www.saifeehospital.com/introduction.html |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623090802/https://www.saifeehospital.com/introduction.html |archive-date=23 June 2020 |website=saifeehospital.com}} Saifee Hospital was one of the first responders to 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks.{{Cite news |title=Terrorists planned to kill 5000 people |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/26-update-terror-in-mumbai.htm |archive-date=23 June 2020 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623092401/https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/26-update-terror-in-mumbai.htm |website=rediff.com}} Another hospital of the same name was built by Mohammed Burhanuddin in Karachi and dedicated to his father.{{Cite web |title=Saifee Hospital - Karachi - About Us |url=https://www.saifeehospital.com.pk/about.html |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200623090939/https://www.saifeehospital.com.pk/about.html |website=saifeehospital.com.pk}}

In 2009 Mohammed Burhanuddin founded Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT), a large-scale cluster redevelopment project in Bhendi Bazaar and dedicated it to his father, Saifuddin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbut.com/about.html |title=About the Trust |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200622202314/http://www.sbut.com/about.html |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=sbut.com}} The Government of Maharashtra plans to develop Kamathipura, one of the oldest neighborhoods of South Mumbai, after the cluster redevelopment model pioneered by SBUT.{{Cite news |title=Redevelopment of Kamathipura to be put on fast track |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/redevelopment-of-kamathipura-to-be-put-on-fast-track/articleshow/74503057.cms |date=6 Mar 2020 |last1=Marpakwar |first1=Chaitanya |website=indiatines.com |publisher=Mumbai Mirror |location=Mumbai |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628120711/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/only-12k-homeless-in-city-claims-survey/articleshow/74484851.cms |archive-date=28 June 2020}}

Saifuddin's urs ({{lit|death anniversary}}) is commemorated annually{{Cite web |title=Coronavirus outbreak: Dawoodi Bohras scale down event to pay homage to religious leader |url=https://hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/coronavirus-outbreak-dawoodi-bohras-scale-down-event-to-pay-homage-to-religious-leader/story-CoDbFD2E7zGuM3J676IifO.html |last1=Kotak |first1=Yesha |date=15 Mar 2020 |website=hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200625051159/https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/no-wetlands-in-uran-under-our-jurisdiction-only-agricultural-lands-nmsez-tells-state/story-bfNuAPevmcmtJ13eiVnk9J.html |archive-date=25 June 2020}} by the Dai al-Mutlaq at Saifee Masjid, South Bombay.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0226056767 |isbn=0226056767 |title=Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras |first1=Jonah |last1=Blank |year=2001 |page=98 |chapter=Rituals of the Dawoodi Bohra Year |publisher=University of Chicago Press |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_FExBRnC3YC&pg=PA97 |author-link1=Jonah Blank |via=books.google.com}} Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah's annual examinations, Imtihan al-Sanawi, commence after the Dai al-Mutlaq delivers the Zikra sermons in remembrance of Saifuddin.{{Cite video |language=ur |title=Imtihan al-Sanawi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505000000/https://livestream.com/accounts/15629517/events/9263802/videos/220398263/player |archive-date=5 May 2021 |url=https://livestream.com/accounts/15629517/events/9263802/videos/220398263/player |access-date=2 May 2021}} [https://archive.org/details/imtihan-al-sanawi-jamea-saifiyah Alt URL]

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Shortly after Saifuddin's demise, on 18 March 1966 Mohammed Burhanuddin established His Holiness Dr. Syedna Taher Saifuddin Memorial Trust for educational and medicinal financial aid for institutions and individuals.{{Cite web |title=His Holiness Dr. Syedna Taher Saifuddin Memorial Foundation |url=https://stsmf.org/index.aspx |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200628182502/https://stsmf.org/index.aspx |archive-date=28 June 2020 |website=stsmf.org}}

In memory of his father Burhanuddin set up Matheran Memorial Hall, a museum and lodging facility in the hill station of Matheran, where Saifuddin died.{{Cite web |url=http://www.matheranmemorialhall.com/importance.php |title=H. H. Dr Syedna Taher Saifuddin Memorial Foundation |website=matheranmemorialhall.com |access-date=13 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227113233/http://matheranmemorialhall.com/importance.php |archive-date=27 Dec 2013 |url-status=usurped}}

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