Ilyas Qadri

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Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri
ابو بلال محمد اِلیاس عطّارؔ قادِری رَضَوی
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Ilyas Qadri on Occasion of Milad un Nabi 2017 at Global Madani Markaz, Karachi.
TitleAttar
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Born
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri

(1950-07-12) 12 July 1950 (age 73)[1]
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
MovementBarelvi
Notable work(s)Faizan-e-Sunnat
Known forFounding Dawat-e-Islami
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Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Razvi Ziaee (Urdu: محمد الیاس قادری رضوی ضیائی) known as Attar ( عطار), is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, Founder and main leader of Dawat-e-Islami who is also known for establishing Jamia-tul-Madina, a chain of madrasas. He is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat[1]He is ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan.[1]

Family background

His forefathers were from the village of Kutyanah in Junagarh, India. His father served the Hanafi Memon Mosque in Sri Lanka 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.[2]

Biography

Qadri was born on 12 July 1950[1] in a Memoni family in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a Sufi scholar of the Qadri Rizwi order and founder of Dawat-e-Islami[3], a global organization of Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.[1][4][5][6][7]

Qadri studied for 22 years with Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darl Uloom Amjadia, Karachi.[8]

Qadri is a leader and a founder of the Qadiri-yya, Rizviyya, Attariyya branch of the Qadriyya Sufi order.[1][9]He has authored 30 books, including Faizane-Sunnat.[1][9]His most remarkable quote is, “I Must Strive to Reform Myself and the People of the Entire World.”[1][9]

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 Jamiat ul Madinah where the dars-e-nizami curriculum is taught. [citation needed]

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.[2]

Sufism

Qadri became a murid 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, Chishtiyyah, Naqshbandiyyah, and Suhrawardiyya. Amjadi also gave him ijazah to transmit ahadith.[2]

Publications

Along with Faizan-e-Sunnat, his publications include:[8][10][11]

  • Laws of Ṣalāĥ
  • Priceless Diamonds
  • Cure for Anger
  • I want to rectify myself
  • Method of becoming Pious
  • Cure for Sins
  • Test of the Grave
  • Shocks of the Deceased
  • Heedlessness
  • The Four Donkeys of Satan
  • Calls of the River
  • Deserted Palace
  • Bones of the Kings
  • Sweet Words
  • Khūdkushī kā ‘ilāj
  • Ẓulm kā Ānjām
  • Solution for Conflicts
  • Miracles of Imām Ḥussaīn
  • Rafīq-ul-Ḥarāmaīn
  • Blessings of Ramadan
  • Antidote to Suicide
  • Luminous Face

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The 500 Most Influential Muslims (PDF) (2020 ed.). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 109. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Attar - The Life and the Journey. UK: Maktaba tul Madinah. 2010.
  3. ^ Afzal, Madiha (16 March 2018). Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society and the State. 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. ^ a b "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500.
  9. ^ a b c "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ "Books by Muhammad Ilyas 'Attar Qadri Razavi (Author of Faizan e Sunnat)". www.goodreads.com.

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