Ismaili vs Bohri

boloaliali · Post by **boloaliali** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:06 am

Hi all, YAM,

we ismailies claim that we have a living imam with us all the time to guide us thru in all religious / non religious matters of our life. It is the love & affection , it is our IMAN on noor mowlana shah karim al husaini hazir imam that we dont go astray......now if one steps in Bohri's shoes then they have the similar feeling / Iman on their current IMAM. now my question is
1)how and on what basis the current IMAM of bohri community claims to be an IMAM of the time? It is in our history that all those who have made false claim about imamat are all vanished but why the bohri imams are still continuing????

kmaherali · Post by **kmaherali** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:02 am

There is a related discussion at:

Current Issues -> Differences in belief between Bohras and Nizaris

http://www.ismaili.net/html/modules.php ... 98&start=0

shiraz.virani · Post by **shiraz.virani** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:09 pm

ismailis have a living imam who traces his ancestry from imam ali[as], where as our sister branch[bohras] believe mustali to be the next imam, there was a clash...those who believed in imam nizar [as] were called nizari ismailis and those who believed in mustali were called mustalis

borha's belong to mustali ismailis

they dont have any living imam as such....they regard syed bohruddin as the hujjat[representative] of imam, who acts on his behalf....just like khomeini for ishna sharis

ismailis are the only 1 who are bestowed with the heriditery imam who guides them.

just like our ishna shari brothers ever mustalis are waiting for their imams arrival.