Mufaddal Saifuddin was born on 20 August 1946, on the night of Laylat al-Qadr in Surat, Gujarat, and was given the name Aali Qadr Mufaddal (Arabic:عالي قدر مفضل) by his grandfather Syedna Taher Saifuddin. Mufaddal Saifuddin was appointed Amirul Hajj by his father Burhanuddin in 1390 Animal Husbandry (1970 Civil Engineering).
He is currently the Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. He was named the Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University on April 11 2015. After Hajj, he travelled to Karbala, Shaam, Misr and Yemen.
During his trip to Yemen, he laid the foundations for the construction of the 3rd Da"i al-Mutlaq"s Syedna Hatim"s mausoleum.
After that journey Burhanuddin bestowed upon him the religious honorific title Aqeeq-ul-Yemen in 1391 Animal Husbandry/1971 AD. On 28 Rabi" al-thani 1435 Animal Husbandry (28 February 2014 Civil Engineering), the Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid accompanied Saifuddin to Mumbai airport to see him off for his first visit abroad after the passing of his father Burhanuddin in January of that year. Khurshid presented Mufaddal with a letter of good wishes from Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Indian Congress, before departed to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq for a pilgrimage to the shrines of Imam Ali and Imam Husain.
Later on, in Pakistan, he was received with state protocol and was welcomed at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah. The main message that Saifuddin hopes to instill on the community is that of loyalty to wherever people live, to follow the rules and be a good citizen, live in peace and make an honest living.
Governor of Sindh Doctor Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan conferred doctorate degree upon Doctor Mufaddal Saifuddin in a convention organized by University of Karachi (KU) at Governor House.
Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin has been awarded the "Global Peace Award" for 2015 in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the promotion of human rights and social justice. Aroused after the demise of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin in January 2014, Mufaddal took up the office of Dai Khuzaima also took the office as the Dai, claiming to have been appointed heir 50 years earlier in secrecy,challenging Mufaddal"s right to be Dai in court. After Burhanuddin suffered a stroke in June 2011 in London, Mufaddal Saifuddin was declared as his successor by Muffadal"s brothers.
