Golden Panorama

On another trip to Baitul Muqaddas, Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin sought and verified the holy site in Asqalan (Ashkelon) where once there had stood a great mashhad; Husain Imam’s Ras mubarak was buried there for a long time before its transfer to Cairo. After the invasion of Palestine, the mashhad was destroyed, the local people were displaced, and a hospital was built on the site. Based on leads from people who had visited it in yesteryears, and with the help of an elderly local, Syedna Qutbuddin was able to find the site. Following Syedna Qutbuddin’s verification, Syedna Burhanuddin and hundreds of pilgrims have visited the holy site.

Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin also visited Jerusalem on the occasion of Ghadeer-eKhum. He did bayaan and took misaaq inside the Qubbat al-Sakhra at the holy site where Rasulullah prayed on Mi’raj night.

Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin has visited Karbala and Najaf numerous times, many of those times with Syedna Burhanuddin. Syedna Burhanuddin also deputed Syedna Qutbuddin for the inauguration of the first zarih Syedna gifted for the mihrab in Kufa, where Ameerul Mumineen was martyred. At the time, Syedna Qutbuddin held a gathering of local scholars in which an atmosphere of respect and true affection prevailed. A scholar who attended later said that Syedna Qutbuddin’s speech was “the talk of the town” (hadeeth-ul-yawm). Such was their regard for Syedna Qutbuddin that on many occasions in Najaf and Karbala the zarih was opened for daakhili and 91