Ilyas Qadri
Amir-i Ahl-i Sunnat Ilyas Qadri | ||||||||||
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الیاس قادری | ||||||||||
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| Born | Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri 12 July 1950[1] | |||||||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||||||
| Nationality | Pakistani | |||||||||
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| Denomination | Sunni | |||||||||
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi | |||||||||
| Creed | Maturidi | |||||||||
| Movement | Barelvi | |||||||||
| Notable work(s) | Faizan-e-Sunnat | |||||||||
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| Tariqa | Qadiriyya | |||||||||
| Known for | Founder of Dawat-e-Islami | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013 — Present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.74 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 243.5 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 07 Aug 2023. | ||||||||||
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| Television | Madani Channel | |||||||||
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Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri[a] (born 12 July 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar who is the founder of Dawat-e-Islami. He belongs to the Qadri order of Sufism.
A Kutchi Memon, Qadri was born in Karachi and studied under the famed scholar Muhammad Waqaruddin at the Darul Uloom Amjadia. Qadri's teachers include Ziauddin Madani, a pupil of Ahmad Raza Khan, and Shariful Haq Amjadi, who authorized Qadri in the Chishti, Naqshbandi, Qadiri and the Suhrawardi orders. In September 1981, Qadri founded the Dawat-e-Islami to propagate the Barelvi movement and dilute the rise of the Deobandi movement and the Wahhabi movement. Qadri's main book, Fayzan-i Sunnat (c 1990), is centered on following the sunnah while another of his renowned works, Karamat-i Shir-i Khuda, is based on the Sufi belief of the karamat of caliph Ali (r. 656–661).
Early life and education
His Kutchi Memon ancestors originated from the village of Kutyanah in Junagarh, Gujarat, India. His father held various positions at the Hanafi Memon Mosque in Pakistan for an extended period. Following the establishment of Pakistan, his parents relocated to the country, initially settling in Hyderabad, Sindh before eventually moving to Karachi. [3]
Ilyas Qadri was born on July 12, 1950, in Karachi.[1] His father, Abdur Rahman Qadri, was commonly referred to with the title "Haji" due to his purported passing while undertaking the hajj pilgrimage.[4]
Qadri pursued his studies for approximately 22 years under the tutelage of the esteemed scholar Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darul Uloom Amjadia in Karachi.[5]
Qadri was purportedly a member of the Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam (ATI) in his young age.[6][7]
Career
Dawat-e-Islami
His Dawat-e-Islami is a non-political global organization of Barelvi Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.[8][1][9][10][11][12] He has around 30 million disciples all over the world.[1][13][14]
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.[3]
Sufism
Ilyas 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.[3]
Books
The author of some 30 books,[1][13] along with his major work Faizan-e-Sunnat[1] in 2 volumes and more than 2000 pages, his other publications include:[4][5][15]
- Laws of Ṣalāĥ
- Priceless Diamonds
- Cure for Anger
- I want to rectify myself
- Method of becoming Pious
- Cure for Sins
- Test of the Grave
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f The 500 Most Influential Muslims (PDF) (2020 ed.). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 109. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b "About Maulana Ilyas Qadri". YouTube.
- ^ a b c Attar - The Life and the Journey. UK: Maktaba tul Madinah. 2010. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ The Milli Gazette, OPI, Pharos Media. "Who is to be blamed?, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 11". Milligazette.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/142/1/Gugler_Politics_of_Difference.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Dawat-e-Islami is a Non-Political Movement". Daily Pakistan. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Correspondent, A. (21 October 2002). "Da'awat moot concludes". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Kamran Yousaf (12 September 2011). "Dawat-e-Islami comes under military's radar". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Afzal, Madiha (16 March 2018). Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society and the State. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789353050054. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Books by Muhammad Ilyas 'Attar Qadri Razavi (Author of Faizan e Sunnat)". www.goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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- Founders of Pakistani schools and colleges
- 21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam
- Sufi mystics
- Poets from Karachi
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- Barelvis
- Pakistani people of Gujarati descent
- Muhajir people
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