Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (Urdu: محمد الیاس قادری رضوی ضیائی), known as Attar ( عطار), is a Sufi Islamic preacher, Muslim scholar and founding leader of Dawat-e-Islami. He is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Qadri is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat.[1]
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ابو بلال محمد اِلیاس عطّارؔ قادِری رَضَوی | |||||||
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Born | Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (1950-07-12) 12 July 1950 (age 72)[1] Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||
Nationality | Pakistani | ||||||
Movement | Islamic | ||||||
Notable work(s) | Faizan-e-Sunnat | ||||||
Known for | Founder of Dawat-e-Islami | ||||||
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Years active | 2013 — Present | ||||||
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His Kutchi Memon forefathers were from the village of Kutyanah in Junagarh, India.[3] 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.[4]
Ilyas Qadri was born on 12 July 1950[1] in a Memoni family in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a Sufi scholar of the Qadri Rizvi order and founder of Dawat-e-Islami,[5] a global organization of Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.[1][6][7][8][9]
Qadri studied for 22 years from Grand Mufti of Pakistan Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darl Uloom Amjadia, Karachi.[10]
Qadri is a leader and a founder of the Qadiri-yya, Rizviyya, Attariyya branch of the Qadriyya Sufi order.[1][11] He has authored 30 books, including Faizane-Sunnat.[1][11]
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. [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.[4]
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, Chishtiyyah, Naqshbandiyyah, and Suhrawardiyya. Amjadi also gave him ijazah to transmit ahadith.[4]
Along with Faizan-e-Sunnat, his publications include:[10][12][13]
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