Ilyas Qadri

Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (Urdu: محمد الیاس قادری رضوی ضیائی), known as Attar ( عطار), is a Muslim scholar, a Sufi scholar of the Qadri Rizvi order and founder of Dawat-e-Islami,[3] a global organization of Barelvi Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.[1][4][5][6][7] He has some 30 million disciples all over the world.[1][8]

Ilyas Qadri
ابو بلال محمد اِلیاس عطّارؔ قادِری رَضَوی
TitleAttar
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Born
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri

(1950-07-12) 12 July 1950[1]
Karachi, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
NationalityPakistani
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi
Main interest(s)Sufism
Notable work(s)Faizan-e-Sunnat
Known forFounder of Dawat-e-Islami
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Years active2013 — Present
Subscribers1.38 million[2]
Total views180.5 million[2]
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Last updated: 07 Aug 2023.
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Based in Karachi, Pakistan, Qadri is the author of many books, including Faizan-e-Sunnat.[1]

Early life and education

His Memon forefathers were from the village of Kutyanah in Junagarh, Gujarat, India.[9] His father served the Hanafi Memon Mosque in Pakistan in various capacities for many years. After the formation of Pakistan, his parents migrated to Pakistan. They first came to Hyderabad and then moved to Karachi.[10]

Ilyas Qadri himself was born on 12 July 1950[1] in a Memon family in Karachi.

Qadri studied for 22 years from Grand Mufti of Pakistan Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darl Uloom Amjadia, Karachi.[11]

Career

Dawat-e-Islami

Dawat-e-Islami has contributed towards the promotion of Islamic education. It has established madrasas where children and adults learn and memorize the Quran, and Jamia-tul-Madina where the Dars-e-Nizami curriculum is taught.

Dawat-e-Islami has departments including Islamic Jurisprudence, Madani Channel, Madrasa tul Madinah, Jamia-tul-Madina, Departments of Mosque Service, Madani Inamat and Madani Qafila.[10]

Sufism

Qadri became a student of Ziauddin Madani, himself a disciple of Ahmad Raza Khan. Fadlur Rahman and Waqar-ud Din authorized him in Sufism. Shariful- Haq Amjadi authorized him in all the four major Sufi orders, Qadiriyyah, Chishtiyyah, Naqshbandiyyah, and Suhrawardiyya. Amjadi also gave him ijazah to transmit ahadith.[10]

Books

The author of some 30 books,[1][8] along with his major work Faizan-e-Sunnat in 2 volumes and more than 2000 pages, his other publications include:[11][12][13]

See also

References
  1. The 500 Most Influential Muslims (PDF) (2020 ed.). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 109. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "About Maulana Ilyas Qadri". YouTube.
  3. Afzal, Madiha (16 March 2018). Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society and the State. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789353050054. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. Correspondent, A. (21 October 2002). "Da'awat moot concludes". DAWN.COM.
  5. Kamran Yousaf (12 September 2011). "Dawat-e-Islami comes under military's radar". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. N. K. Singh (2009). global encyclopedia of Islamic mystics and mysticism. India: Global Vision Publishing House, India. p. 270. ISBN 978-81-8220-673-1.
  7. Dunya, Sindhi (7 February 2018), "Muhammad Ilyas Qadri: The Notable Islamic Cleric of Sindh", Sindhi Dunya, archived from the original on 7 December 2018, retrieved 6 December 2018
  8. "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. "Udaipur killers and Da'wat-e-Islami: the group, its ideology and its growth". The Indian Express. 29 June 2022.
  10. Attar - The Life and the Journey. UK: Maktaba tul Madinah. 2010.
  11. "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500.
  12. "Sheikh-e-Tariqat, Ameer-e-Ahle-Sunnat Hazrat-e-Allama Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Razavi Ziaye دامت برتھم العالیہ". 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  13. "Books by Muhammad Ilyas 'Attar Qadri Razavi (Author of Faizan e Sunnat)". www.goodreads.com.
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