Life and Career
Mawlana Hazar Imam was born on this date in 1971.
What is October 12th?
Across recent visits, Mawlana Hazar Imam’s presence has reminded Jamats worldwide that Didar strengthens unity, renews Bay’ah, and reinforces spiritual connection.
What is the spiritual significance of didar?
Name 3 themes that Mawlana Hazar Imam has emphasized in his recent farmans.
Answers will vary
Mawlana Hazar Imam leads the works of AKDN in this leadership position.
Who is the Chair of Aga Khan Development Network?
The divine light that each Imam has.
What is the Nur of Imamat?
This Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island, is where Mawlana Hazar Imam completed his studies.
What is Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University?
Before Mawlana Hazar Imam’s arrival in Portugal, a Talika Mubarak was read in Jamatkhanas, filling the Jamats with joy, anticipation, and prayer.
What official message announced Mawlana Hazar Imam’s upcoming visit to Portugal?
This is one way to remember Allah in your daily life.
What is give thanks to Him for blessings or notice His grace all around you?
This trust works to preserve and promote the cultural and material heritage of Muslim societies.
What is the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)?
The place where Shi’a Muslims believes the Prophet appointed the Hazrat Ali to lead the community after him.
What is Ghadir Khumm?
In addition to his leadership in the Imamat, Mawlana Shah Rahim has served on the boards of cultural and development institutions, including this trust that promotes Islamic art and heritage worldwide.
What is the Aga Khan Trust for Culture?
Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visit to Uganda highlighted decades of collaboration in health, education, and development, while also blessing the Jamat with his presence.
Which country did Mawlana Hazar Imam visit where AKDN partnerships in health and education were emphasized?
In his farmans, Hazar Imam has said that because of the bayah, he has an enduring _____ ______ with each of his murids.
What is "spiritual connection"?
This AKDN agency provides healthcare services through hospitals, clinics, and community health programmes in regions with limited access to medical care.
What is Aga Khan Health Service?
One of the 8 madhabs in Islam is named after this Imam.
Who is Imam Jafar al-Sadiq?
After completing his university studies, Mawlana Hazar Imam spent one year working in this profession.
What is a Carpenter?
In his first official visit to Kenya as Imam, Mawlana Hazar Imam met national leaders and strengthened long-standing partnerships between the Ismaili Imamat, AKDN, and the country.
Which country did Mawlana Hazar Imam visit officially to deepen ImamatAKDN partnerships?
This is one thing Mawlana Shah Karim used to say in his Farmans that Mawlana Hazar Imam continues to say now.
What is "I am always with you"?
In 2025, seven winners were announced for this award. It is $1-million award that promotes pluralism and climate-responsive design through architecture.
What is the Aga Khan Award for Architecture?
Providing continuous, divinely-guided leadership, interpreting the faith and guiding followers both spiritually and materially.
What is the mandate of Imamat?
Mawlana Shah Rahim studied at Phillips Academy Andover and Brown University before completing a master’s degree at Barcelona's IESE Business School, University of Navarra for this field?
What is the Management and Adminstration?
During his official visit to Portugal in December 2025, Mawlana Hazar Imam granted Didar in Lisbon to Jamats from Portugal and Spain, reaffirming the spiritual bond of Imamat through Bay’ah.
Which Didar united the Jamats of Portugal and Spain in Lisbon?
These are 3 benefits of volunteering that Hazar Imam mentioned in his Farman.
Answers may vary (develop skills and capabilities, satisfaction from the work, enjoyment of working with others)
This organization works closely with rural communities to strengthen livelihoods and respond to climate-related disasters in mountainous regions.
What is Aga Khan Rural Support Program?
In Shi’a Islam, the love, devotion, and allegiance believers express to the Imam of the time.
What is Walaya?