With Ashara Mubaraka approaching soon, the Dawoodi Bohras of Detroit are preparing in various ways. Ashara Mubaraka, or the Blessed Ten, is a period of ten days at the start of the Islamic new year that is dedicated to remembering the tragedy of Karbala and the plight of Imam Husain, his family and companions as well as their stand for Islam, justice, truth and humanity. Every single Dawoodi Bohra community center across the world hosts the event for its local congregation with a series of majalis (sing. majlis) or assemblies in the morning and the evening. In the morning majlis the congregation leader delivers a sermon while the evening majlis is usually spent in collective recitation of elegies in which all those gathered for the occasion participate.
In light of Ashara Mubaraka, a team of Dawoodi Bohra doctors in Detroit conducted a COVID-19 booster vaccine clinic to prepare the local Dawoodi Bohra community for everyone coming together at the upcoming majalis. A women-owned Bohra pharmacy assisted the doctors in procuring the necessary booster shots and completing the necessary forms. This community effort follows in the footsteps of the head of the Dawoodi Bohras, His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, who has been unequivocal in his guidance about the need for members of the Bohra community to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Throughout the pandemic, Detroit Bohra doctors have helped navigate COVID-19 protocol for religious services, general events, and our community kitchen, Faiz ul Mawaid il Burhaniyah.
This coordination between community resources allowed for an easily accessible booster clinic for the Dawoodi Bohras of Detroit to help protect one another as well as the community at large. In under an hour, over 50 vaccine doses were administered. As COVID cases begin to rise again, this clinic was welcomed by Bohras of all ages. The Dawoodi Bohras of Detroit consists of a variety of doctors, pharmacists, therapists, and nurses that take pride in being of service to not only to the Bohra community but to every patient they serve in their day-to-day lives.
