Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri ( ur, ), known as ''Attar'' (), is a

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

Islamic preacher, Muslim scholar and founding leader of

Dawat-e-Islami Dawat-e-Islami ( ur, دعوتِ اسلامی) is a Sunni Islamic organization based in Pakistan. It has several Islamic educational institutions around the world. In addition to local charity efforts, Dawat-e-Islami offers online courses in ...

. He is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Qadri is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat.

Family background

His

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forefathers were from the village of Kutyanah in Junagarh, India. 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.

Biography

Ilyas Qadri was born on 12 July 1950 in a

Memoni Memoni (ميموني, મેમોની) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Kathiawari Memons from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India. Memon people are a subgroup or an ethnic group that originated in north-western India. After the India ...

family in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a

scholar of the Qadri Rizvi order and founder of

, a global organization of Sunnis spread over 195+ countries. Qadri studied for 22 years from Grand Mufti of Pakistan Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darl Uloom Amjadia, Karachi. Qadri is a leader and a founder of the Qadiri-yya, Rizviyya, Attariyya branch of the Qadriyya Sufi order. He has authored 30 books, including ''Faizane-Sunnat''.

Dawat-e-Islami

has contributed towards the promotion of Islamic education. It has established

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where children and adults learn and memorize the Quran, and Jamia-tul-Madina where the

dars-e-nizami Dars-i Nizami is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions (madrassas) and Dar Ul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United S ...

curriculum is taught. Dawat-e-Islami has departments including Islamic Jurisprudence,

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, Madrasa tul Madinah, Jamia-tul-Madina, Departments of Mosque Service, Madani Inamat and Madani Qafila.

Sufism

Qadri became a student of Ziauddin Madani, 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 The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

, Chishtiyyah, Naqshbandiyyah, and Suhrawardiyya. Amjadi also gave him ijazah to transmit ahadith.

Publications

Along with '' Faizan-e-Sunnat'', his publications include: *
Laws of Ṣalāĥ
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Priceless Diamonds
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Cure for Anger
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I want to rectify myself
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Cure for Sins
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Test of the Grave
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References

External links

Dawat-e-Islami Maulana Ilyas Qadri
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