UK Didar,

[mahebubchatur]

Mubaraki to all

UK Didar – 3 February 2026 | ExCeL London

Testimony – Overview, & Calls to Action

On 3 February 2026, approximately 10,000 murids from the United Kingdom and Ireland gathered at ExCeL London for a sacred Didar — a religious gathering and worship in the presence of Noor Mawlana Shah Rahim Al Husseini Hazar Imam

Hazar Imsm conveyed profound spiritual blessings, clear guidance, and important calls to action for the Jamat — guidance that requires reflection, implementation, and lived practice.

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Key chronology & Highlights of Didar Mubarak

• Entrance and Salwat: Mawlana Hazar Imam entered as the congregation recited Salwat. He greeted murids, hugged children, received letters and gifts, and showed personal loving care and attention.

• Acceptance of the Chain of Imamat: Affirms the ever-present Noor from the Prophet, the Qur’an, and Allah.

• Ceremonies : Permission was sought from Imam and granted for each ceremony and prayer, followed by the Imam’s blessings of Khanavadan to each reciter

• Bay’ah: Offered by Mukhi Saheb and the President, reaffirming the commitment to the Imam — Pir, Murshedi, Mushkil Kusha — on behalf of leadership and murids to obey and uphold the Farmans of the Imam.

• Recitations: Included Qur’anic verses (notably 4:174 and 112:1), Ginans, and Quaseedas, invoking Allah’s blessings through the Noor of the Imam.

• Zikr and Supplications:

Concluded with the Ismaili Shahada:

Aliyan Allah Tasbi ji venti Shah to je Huzur main Kabul Kar Noor Mawlana Shah Rahim Al Husseini
Hazar Imam
Wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah
Wa Amirul Momineen Aliyan Allah – Noor Mawlana Shah Rahim Al Husseini, Hazar Imam, wa Hadril wa Mawjood. Hai Zanda Quaiyam Paya

Meaning:
The Shahada affirms faith in Allah, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), and Ali as the Commander of the Faithful. The Noor of Mawlana Shah Rahim Al Husseini, Hazar Imam, is present, manifest, ever-living, and ever guiding.

During these moments of prayer & supplications Hazar Imam was visibly emotional, very deeply moved

• Farman Guidance & Calls to Action: Hazar Imam Emphasized pluralism, ethical conduct, accountability, community service, shared responsibility, and strengthening understanding of faith both internally and externally — not merely as principles, but as responsibilities to be actively upheld and practiced

• Exemplifying Guidance Through Action: Hazar Imam demonstrated leadership through deeds — interacting personally with murids and children, receiving letters, and offering individual attention — embodying compassion, care, and empathy. His conduct reinforced that true leadership requires guidance to be lived and practiced.

• Truthfulness and Integrity: Members were reminded to uphold honesty, verify facts, and exercise vigilance, particularly in the era of AI and social media & geo politics : , to rejecting misinformation and half-truths and not support who do

• Mehmani & Departure: Presented by Mukhi Sahebs, with Hazar Imam bestowing additional blessings prayers to the Jamat present and globally ending with acceptance
“Khanavadan Khanavadan Khanavadan “

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Overall guidance in this Farman during Didar

• Putting Words into Action: Hazar Imam exemplified ethical leadership, compassion, and guidance through both His words action and behavior

• Emphasized : unity pluralism ethical service, shared responsibility, and inclusivity in practice.

• Engagement & Community: Encouraged attendance at Jamatkhana to strengthen spiritual and social bonds.

• Diversity is a Gift: Highlighted the UK Jamat’s rich diversity — spanning over 80 countries — as a strength and blessing, accompanied by a shared responsibility to care for and uplift elders, nurture youth, and safeguard the wellbeing and quality of life of future generations.

• Spiritual Care: Stressed personal and global care for every murid. Need to have and practice faith and turn to faith

• Gratitude, Humility, and Joy: Central to the Farman and community ethos.

• Acknowledgment of Volunteers and Government: The Imam thanked volunteers and contributors for their efforts and expressed gratitude to the UK government for courtesies extended. Noting the significance of the following day — his first Imamat anniversary (49th month since his appointment) — he shared that he would attend a special dinner at Windsor Castle by invitation of His Majesty King Charles III, exemplifying transparency, engagement, and openness with the wider society.

• Departure Blessings: Included a heartfelt reassurance from Hazar Imam that he is always with his Jamat — his spiritual presence, boundless love, and continuous guidance enveloping and sustaining every murid, individually and collectively.

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Looking Forward

The guidance delivered during this Didar represents both blessing and responsibility. Copies of the Farmans and the full Constitution are expected to be made available to every member by the Leaders, ensuring accountability, transparency, and adherence to the Imam’s guidance.

The Ismaili has today published details of Gifts presented to Hazar Imam.

“ A series of three gifts were presented to the Imam. Members of the Jamat had collectively prepared an art installation—the Shukrana Mosaic—in which they reflect on the blessings in their lives, expressed through drawings, words, and colour.

More to follow after we have the 3 full Farmans or if more information is given regarding the Nazrana and a further gift personally to Hazar Imam if in addition to a mosaic by the Jamat

More at https://the.ismaili/gb/en/news/mawlana- ... -in-london

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Forwarded as Received from Medical Bay Volunteer: Ahh it was a humbling experience. Our day started quite early as my co volunteer and I had to check in about 7am.

Once we got there it was full on. I was put in charge of my own bay of patients, I had six other volunteers with me. One of our Team Leads was the big boss- coordinating all the ambulance arrivals with us. We made good team. It was rush to get everyone organised and settled and we just made it.

Hazir imam is very patient and generous with his time. He shook hands with a lot of people and kids gravitated towards him and he picked them up and hugged them. It got a bit crowded at times but I guess that’s a lesson for the security team to learn. In terms of his Firmans- I felt it was quite current, he touched on trying to educate ourselves and using our skills to help our wider communities . He also touched on AI and social media and avoiding using social media to spread hate and discord amongst the wider community. He came to the medical bay and spoke to all the patients one by one. His team wanted to rush him but some of the murids who were missing out reached out to him so he came
Back to bless them all.

He walked past the volunteers, hands distance from us. Thanked us for our service and offered blessings.

It was a busy day but it was humbling. Felt very fortunate to have been able to contribute Dear all
Hope you are well and in good health.

Sorry for the late text message and response. We just got back home from excel .
I guess I felt I had no head space to respond last evening as it was full on and has been for the last 1 month .
Shukar as a Team, we all worked unitedly and delivered this humbling and prestigious seva .
Cannot express how happy and proud I feel of all of us . We delivered to the best of our ability to the very ill and sadly those who were terminally ill . Shukar

Hazar Imam recognised that and he spent quality time with each patient in the acute medical care .
He offered so much and more of his blessings to everyone and everyone in the medical bay . Shukar . Let’s say job well done .

The prayers and blessings that we received I radiate to each and everyone of you and our Global Jamat. You were all in our thoughts and prayers at all times

We had tears and at the same time immense happiness in our hearts Mubaraki and Shukhar

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Not sure if this is posted already

Youth Mulaqat 2
Highlights and Key Guidance (as per my memory)

Hazar Imam had a morning session with Youth (mostly London based). I was in the afternoon session (mostly Youth outside London). Hazar Imam had left the venue (Ismaili Center) after the morning session.

He returned in the evening to grace a Youth Mulaqat to the second group and the institutional reception. The Mulaqat was held in the Prayer Hall of the Ismaili Centre in London. For the morning session, Hazar Imam arrived earlier, but for the afternoon session, he was a bit late from schedule. The youth were very energetic and warmly welcomed Mawlana Hazar Imam with Salwat.

Hazar Imam entered the building and Salwat Recitation started. He was received by Jamati leaders after which he made his way upstairs to his room. After a while, Hazar Imam made his way to the Prayer Hall, where the Youth Jamat was desperately waiting for him. Outside the hall, He waved the volunteers in the cloakroom and shoe area.

Student Mukhi Kamadiya welcomed Mawlana Hazar Imam outside the prayer hall (we could see on the screens). And the next moment, Khudavind was walking amongst us all the way to the stage at the front. Hazar Imam's walking pace was fast, as he was on the stage in just a minute (or at least I felt so). Also the prayer Hall is not so big, so there was a very small distance from the entrance to the stage.

While Khudavind was walking through the Hall, Salwat Recitation continued aloud, until he sat on his Takht.

After he sat, Devotional Recitations were done from South Asian, Syrian and Persian traditions. After this Khudavind Imam-e-Zaman graciously made a Farman to us. Below are key points (in random order)

Hazar Imam was in a very Jolly mood and cracked jokes a couple of times.

He started Farman with: "My Dearest Jamat". He graciously wished us Good Afternoon. He gave blessings for Mushkil Aasan, Good Health, Success and Happiness and Barakaat, and said Khanavadan.

Hazar Imam said in the beginning of his Farman, that as our Imam, he is very much concerned about our education. Then he jokingly said that it's sometimes good to be able to skip school for a couple of days and he knows it very well being a father .

* He said that he is very happy to be with the young members of the Jamat. When he sees us youth, he sees the future of the Jamat in our generation and the future ones.
* Hazar Imam spoke about Bayah. He said that each one of us has a permanent spiritual bond with our imam. He cares for us and loves us and wants us to know that we are always in his heart, in his thoughts and in his prayers.
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* He said that meeting with youth in prayer hall of Ismaili centre is very meaningful to him. Whenever we return to this space or any other Jamatkhana, it will remind us of this special meeting with Imam.
* He advised to make good career choices which will help us throughout our lives.
* He wants his spiritual children to be happy and told us to smile. It makes him happy if the Jamat is happy.
* Hazar Imam spoke of global conflict and said that he anticipates that it will continue for some time. He prayed for the peaceful and equitable resolution of conflicts
* Hazar Imam spoke about the status and respect the elderly in the Jamat deserve. He said to learn from their experience. Their experience is invaluable and nowhere else to be found. He said sometimes we take them for granted and think that they hardly know how the world today works (and joked that wish his children would understand this ).
* Hazar Imam advised us to step out of our comfort zone and take on tasks which are difficult but will make you stronger. He said: Don't give up on something because it is hard. Take on challenges, they make you strong.
* He reminded the youth Jamat that they are here in the UK and Ireland because someone stepped out of their comfort zone - parents, grandparents or perhaps great grandparents. We should treat them with respect and care for them as they did when we were young.
* Hazar Imam told us to learn about the mosaic of different traditions of Jamat. Learn about your own culture, history and heritage. And see where your cultural heritage fits into greater Ismaili history.
* He stressed on the issue of social media redirecting us towards not so good things. He wants us to connect with each other in person and spend time with each other in the real world.
* Hazar Imam reminded that only soul is enteral. Just as our bodies need nourishment, so does our soul. So take time out from your routine and remember Allah, thank Him for all the blessings you have.
* When possible come together to pray in Jamatkhana and whenever possible for you, remember Allah.
* On Imamat Day, we are to receive a Tasbeeh from Hazar Imam, and he wants us to keep that as a reminder of this meeting and to use it to remember Allah.
* Hazar Imam graciously prayed for spiritual wellbeing, happiness, physical and mental health, Mushkil Aasan, Sirat-e-Mustaqim
* He reminded us of the ethics and values of our faith. Kindness, generosity, humility. We are a community known for our ethics and values.
* Keep the values central to your life.
* Let your life revolve around faith.
* He said that we will soon receive a copy of Farmans. He wants us to read and understand them.

Mehmani was presented by Student Mukhi Kamadiya and Mukhiyani Kamadiyani of each Jamatkhana. Hazar Imam graced the dry fruits and sweets with his Mubarak blessing and blessed Mukhi Kamadiya and Mukhiyani Kamadiyani of each Jamatkhana placing his blessed hands on their shoulders.

Before leaving the Hall, Hazar Imam made a Farman.
* He said I accept your Mehmani and services
* Gave blessings to volunteers
* Gave blessings to who are a shoulder for someone in difficulty to lean on.
* Gave Dua Ashish for Mushkil Aasan, Unity and Barakaat, and graciously said Khanavadan.

When he left the Hall, he had a conversation with Students Mukhi Kamadiya and Mukhiyani Kamadiyani who were on stage with him.

He thanked them for being with him asked them about their studies, and education and whether they were born in the UK or somewhere else. Kamadiya Saheb went emotional while talking to Hazar Imam and MAWLA HUGGED HIM. He also blessed Mukhi Saheb by placing both His Mubarak Hands on Student Mukhi's both shoulders.

While making his way out, President Naushad briefed Hazar Imam about a Shukrana Painting (Different than the planned Mosaic). Hazar Imam then made his way towards Institutional Reception in the Social Hall.

Youth in the Hall were sooo happy and were happily greeting each other and sharing their experiences to each other (which was a bit noisy , and Waezeen had to repeatedly shush us by saying on mic to us to be quiet and whisper )

Everyone was soooo happy.

When coming out of Ismaili centre at about 8.45pm or around he waved the Jamat standing opposite road! Everyone was very happy.

Above is what I experienced and Remembered from the Mulaqat. Hazar Imam would also have spoken about some more things, but I might have unintentionally skipped them.

Shukar Mawla Bapa for gracing us with your Didar and making us feel close to you
Shukranlillah Walhamdulillah

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