The supreme leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community is the nominated representative of the Divine Imam and carries out the Divine Mission of the Imam. This belief is an essential tenet of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Faith Sect. The Bohra community, therefore, besides seeking his advice and guidance in religious and spiritual matters, also approaches him even in worldly affairs such as business, trading, social, cultural, and personal or for conducting solemn ceremonies like marriages etc.