Shaban Bukhari

Shaban Bukhari
14th Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 February 2024
Appointed by	Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Preceded by	Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Deputy Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi
In office 22 November 2014 – 25 February 2024
Succeeded by	Syed Areeb Bukhari
Personal details
Born	(1995-03-11) 11 March 1995 (age 29) Delhi, India
Spouse	Shazia Bukhari
Residence(s)	Delhi, India
Occupation	Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi

Syed Usama Shaban Bukhari (born 11 March 1995) is the 14th Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi.[1][2][3][4][5]

He was appointed Naib Imam of Jama Masjid on 22 November 2014 and is next in line to succeed his father. The dastarbandi ceremony took place in Jama Masjid.[6] On the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, 25 February 2024 he succeeded his father to be the 14th Shahi Imam, and will do imamat in absence of his father.[7]

Personal life

While pursuing Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from Amity University, Shaban married a Hindu girl from Ghaziabad with whom he was in a relationship for couple of years. It was reported that she had agreed to convert to Islam and was also learning Quran.[8][9]

Family

Born in Delhi, India, Syed Shaban Bukhari hails from the family of Islamic theologists who have since their past thirteen generations presided over the Grand Mosque "Jama Masjid", Delhi, India, built in the year 1656 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who commissioned the Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan appointed Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari, who was the great grandfather of Syed Shaban Bukhari, as the First Imam of Jama Masjid Delhi and decreed that the Imamat shall continue in the same family.

Keeping the tradition, in the year 2014, Syed Shaban Bukhari was appointed as the Vice (Naib) Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi, India, by his father, the Thirteenth Shahi Imam, Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari.

References

1. "Shaban Bukhari anointed as Naib Imam of Jama Masjid". 23 November 2014.
2. "सैयद शाबान बुखारी बने नायब शाही इमाम".
3. "The Naib Imam, Shaban Bukhari during the anointment ceremony at Jama Masjid". 23 November 2014.
4. "'We Held Post For 400 years, People Are With Us. Waqf board Has No Importance': Shahi Imam".
5. "Jama Masjid Shahi Imam's Son Shaban Bukhari Anointed Naib Imam".
6. "Shaban Bukhari's Dastarbandi Performed Before Time". Urdu Media Monitor. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
7. "Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid declares son his successor at 'Shab-e-Baraat' ceremony". Hindustan Times. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
8. "Son of Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Shaban Bukhari to marry a Hindu woman". India Today. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
9. "Azam Khan questions conspicuous silence of RSS, VHP over Bukhari". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

Religious titles
Preceded by Syed Ahmed Bukhari	Shahi Imam Jama Masjid, Delhi 25 February 2024	Succeeded by present