Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri ( ur, ), known as ''Attar'' (), is a
Sufi
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Islamic preacher, Muslim scholar and founding leader of
Dawat-e-Islami
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. He is based in
Karachi
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,
Pakistan
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. Qadri is the author of
Faizan-e-Sunnat.
Family background
His
Kutchi Memon
Kutchi Memons ( gu, કચ્છી મેમોન, ur, کچھی میمن), also spelled as Cutchi Memons, are an ethnic group or caste from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who speak the Kutchi language. They are related to the Memons associated with ...
forefathers were from the village of Kutyanah in
Junagarh, India. His father served the
Hanafi
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Memon Mosque in
Pakistan
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in various capacities for many years. After the formation of
Pakistan
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, his parents migrated to
Pakistan
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. They first came to
Hyderabad
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and then moved to
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
.
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
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,
Pakistan
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. He 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, ...
scholar
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of the
Qadri
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 ...
Rizvi order and founder 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 ...
,
a global organization of Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.
Qadri studied for 22 years from
Grand Mufti
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of
Pakistan
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Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri
Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri (1 January 1915 – 9 September 1993) was an Islamic scholar associated with the Sunni Barelvi movement of south Asia. His fatawa (rulings) are compiled in three volume of the book titled ''Waqar-ul-Fatawa''. He taught ...
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
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 ...
has contributed towards the promotion of Islamic
education
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. It has established
madrasas
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where children and adults learn and memorize the
Quran
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, and
Jamia-tul-Madina
Jamia-tul-Madina (Urdu: ) is a chain of Islamic universities in India, Pakistan and in European and other countries established by Dawat-e-Islami. The Jamia-tul-Madina is also known as Faizan-e-Madina. Dawat-e-Islami has grown its network of Ma ...
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,
Madani Channel
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 ...
, Madrasa tul Madinah,
Jamia-tul-Madina
Jamia-tul-Madina (Urdu: ) is a chain of Islamic universities in India, Pakistan and in European and other countries established by Dawat-e-Islami. The Jamia-tul-Madina is also known as Faizan-e-Madina. Dawat-e-Islami has grown its network of Ma ...
, Departments of
Mosque
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Service, Madani Inamat and Madani Qafila.
Sufism
Qadri became a student of
Ziauddin Madani
Ziauddin Madani ( ur, ) was a Sufi also known as Qutb-e-Madina. He lived most of his life in Medina. He was born in 1877 in Sialkot and died on 2 October 1981. He was buried in Al-Baqi.
He was an Islamic scholar and disciple of Imam Ahmad R ...
, a disciple of
Ahmad Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza Khan, commonly known as Aala Hazrat, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, or Ahmed Rida Khan in Arabic, (14 June 1856 Common Era, CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 Islamic calendar, AH – 28 October 1921 Common Era, CE or 25 Safar 1340 Islamic calendar, ...
. 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
The Chishtī Order ( fa, ''chishtī'') is a tariqa, an order or school within the mystic Sufi tradition of Sunni Islam. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. It began with Abu Ishaq Shami in Chisht, ...
,
Naqshbandiyyah
The Naqshbandi ( fa, نقشبندی)), Neqshebendi ( ku, نهقشهبهندی), and Nakşibendi (in Turkish) is a major Sunni order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Naqshbandi masters trace thei ...
, and
Suhrawardiyya
The Suhrawardiyya ( ar, سهروردية, fa, سهروردیه) is a Sufi order founded by Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi (died 1168). Lacking a centralised structure, it eventually divided into various branches. The order was especially prominent in I ...
. Amjadi also gave him
ijazah
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to transmit
ahadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
.
Publications
Along with ''
Faizan-e-Sunnat'', his publications include:
*
Laws of Ṣalāĥ'
*
Priceless Diamonds'
*
Cure for Anger'
*
I want to rectify myself'
*
'
*
Cure for Sins'
*
Test of the Grave'
See also
*
Dar-ul-Madinah
Dar-ul-Madinah is an Islamic School System that aims to improve conventional academic studies in conformity with Shariah.
Head office Faizan-e-Jeelan (for boys)
* Project No. 7, Plot No. 171, Block 13/A, Near Gilani Masjid, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Ka ...
School System
*
Abdul Rashid Dawoodi(Sunni scholar from kashmir india (founder of
Tehreek-e-Soutul Auwliya)
*
Maulana Bashir Farooq Qadri
References
External links
Dawat-e-Islami Maulana Ilyas Qadri
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Dawat-e-Islami
21st-century Islamic religious leaders
Muslim missionaries
Memon people
People from Karachi
Pakistani clergy
1950 births
Living people
Founders of Pakistani schools and colleges
21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Sufi mystics
Poets from Karachi
Islamic television preachers
Pakistani religious writers
Pakistani YouTubers
Barelvis