page_title: Alavi Bohras
section_title: Salaam and Qadam-bosi
hierarchical_section_title: Alavi Bohras / Certain Isma'ili Taiyebi terminology / Salaam and Qadam-bosi
caption_attribution_description: English: Doing respect by performing salaam to Saiyedna saheb
context_page_description: The Alavi Bohras are a Taiyebi Musta'alavi Isma'ili Shi'i Muslim community from Gujarat, India. In India, during the time of the 18th Fatimid Imam Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah around 1093 AD in Egypt, the designated learned people who were sent from Yemen by missionaries under the guidance of the imam established a da'wah in Khambhat.
  After the division of the Mustaalid community, the Yemenite Da'wah followed their 21st imam, the son of 20th Imam Aamir in the succession of Fatimid Imams of Egypt, at-Taiyeb Abul Qaasim as their Imam of seclusion ستر, and the Bohras are the modern descendants of Taiyebi Da'wah established from Khambhat, Patan and Sidhpur in the 5th century Hijri and also the immigrants from Yemeni Taiyebi Da'wah.
  Subsequently, splits occurred at various instances in the mainstream Bohra community regarding the spiritual appointment in the succession of the representative of the Imam us Satr or Da’i in Ahmedabad between 1422–1640 AD. Two major splits during this period resulted in the formation of three major groups of Bohras: Alavis, Dawoodis and Sulaymanis.
context_section_description: سلام – Salaam – Salutation, Safety, Greeting, Peace or Respect of a person with Spiritual status or a general believer of Da'wat ul-Haqq (mission of truth).  It is one of the beautiful attributes of Allaah the Almighty.  This term is used 19 times in the Qur'an and it is equal to the letters if "Bismillaah ir Rahman ir Raheem", the beginning of the Qur'an and the most recited verse in the Islamic World.  The completion of any supplication (du'aa-دعاء) is endorsed with the Salaam (salawaat-صلوات) on the Prophets and their households.  It also refers to the prescribed Islamic voluntary or compulsory monetary payments done by a believer throughout the year to the Da'i (missionary).  It is the basic element of Islamic etiquette and ethics.  It is regarded as good practice to start any talk with "as-salaamo 'alaykum"-السلام علیکم (peace be upon you).  The greeting of the people of Paradise-اھل الجنۃ is Salaam.  The faith of Islam is nothing but Salaam.  The core of  Islam is to remain in Peace and to make others feel Peace. A believer must do salaam & qadam-bosi-قدم بوسي (to kiss right knee of an Imam) after every prayer (namaaz).  Salaam is that a believer bows down in front of an Imam then holds his right hand while keeping his right eye first then left eye then forehead and at the end kisses his hand.  This he does 2 times.  Then at the end kisses his right knee and does request for Du'aa and blessings.  This refers to the Prophetic tradition that, "Paradise is underneath the Feet of Mothers," Mothers here means the Imam or his representative (da'i) from the progeny of Prophet Mohammad.
  The Heart of the Qur'an is its Chapter Yaa Seen (36).  The heart of this chapter is its verse "Peace is the word from a Merciful Lord" (58).  The heart of this verse is Salaam.  So truly speaking the essence of Qur'an is Peace.  The first sign of hypocrisy and enmity is to stop offering Salaam. 
  Prophetic Traditions: 1. Offering the peace-greeting and speaking with kindness will assuredly win God's mercy.  2. Call out the peace greeting and you will know peace. 3. Show concern for your relatives, even with a greeting. 4. The greeting of our people is "Peace", our subject's security. 5. Greet before conversing. 
  41st Indian missionary Saiyedna Jivabhai Fakhruddin (d. 1347 AH/1929 AD) says in his poetic verses, "Khuda ne kaha jinko har dam Salaam, Kalaam unka hai goya Haqq ka Kalaam", God has offered Salaam to the ones whose dialogue and words are the words of Truth (God).
caption: Paying respect by offering Salaam and performing Qadam-bosi to Saiyedna saheb
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