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'''Muhammad Ilyas Qadri''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq|محمد الياس عطار قادرى}}) is a Pakistani cleric and a founder<ref name="global encyclopaedia">{{cite book | title=global encyclopaedia of islamic mystics and mysticism | publisher=Global Vision Publishing House, India | author=N. K. Singh | year=2009 | location=India | pages=270 | isbn=978-81-8220-673-1}}</ref> of [[Dawat-e-Islami]] - a [[Dawah]] movement, aimed at the preaching of Islam.


{{Sufism}}
Molana Ilyas Attar Qadri founded Dawat-e-Islami in 1981 in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. He currently acts as the head of the foundation and runs various TV programs based on his religious sermons.
[[File:Madani Ambience.jpg|thumb|307x307px|View of Faizan e Madina]]
'''Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri'''{{efn|{{langx|ur|محمد الیاس عطار قادری|translit=Muḥammad Ilyās ʿAṭṭār Qādrī}}}} (born 1950) is a [[Pakistani]] [[Islamic scholar]] who is the leader of [[Dawat-e-Islami]] since its foundation. He belongs to the [[Qadiriyya|Qadri–Razavi]] order of [[Sufism]].


A [[Kutchi Memon]], Qadri was born in [[Karachi]] and studied under [[Waqaruddin Qadri|Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri]] at Darul Uloom Amjadia. He was authorized in [[Sufism]] by [[Fazlur Rahman Malik|Fazlur Rahman]] and [[Waqaruddin Qadri]].
Two most significant activities of Dawat-e-Islami, whose Karachi headquarters are called [[Faizaan-e-Madina]],also known as [[Jamia-tul-Madina]] are known as Madani Qafila (missionary travel) and Madani Inamaat (self assessment). Dawat-e-Islami also operates its own non-commercial television channel, the [[Madani Channel]], which only broadcasts Islamic programmes and the activities of the outfit 24 hours a day. The programmes broadcast include [[Hamd]], [[Na`at]], sermons, and question-answer. <ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.ilyasqadri.com|title = ilyasqadri|last = |first = |date = |work = |access-date = |via = }}</ref>

His Dawat-e-Islami is a non-political global organization of [[Barelvi movement|Barelvi]] [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]] spread over 195+ countries.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Dawat-e-Islami is a Non-Political Movement |url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/29-Apr-2022/1432837 |access-date=2023-12-17 |publisher=Daily Pakistan |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503202426/https://dailypakistan.com.pk/29-Apr-2022/1432837 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="muslim500">{{cite book |url=https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/TheMuslim500-2020-low.pdf |title=The 500 Most Influential Muslims |publisher=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre |edition=2020 |page=109 |access-date=25 April 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010040021/https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/TheMuslim500-2020-low.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{Cite web |date=21 October 2002 |title=Da'awat moot concludes |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/62787/da-awat-moot-concludes |website=DAWN.COM |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101031501/http://beta.dawn.com/news/62787/da-awat-moot-concludes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Tribune">{{cite web |author=Kamran Yousaf |date=12 September 2011 |title=Dawat-e-Islami comes under military's radar |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/250572/clamping-down-dawat-e-islami-comes-under-militarys-radar/ |access-date=6 December 2018 |publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper) |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226213041/https://tribune.com.pk/story/250572/clamping-down-dawat-e-islami-comes-under-militarys-radar |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="global encyclopedia">{{cite book |author=N. K. Singh |title=global encyclopedia of Islamic mystics and mysticism |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House, India |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-8220-673-1 |location=India |pages=270}}</ref><ref name="sindhidunya">{{citation |last1=Dunya |first1=Sindhi |title=Muhammad Ilyas Qadri: The Notable Islamic Cleric of Sindh |date=7 February 2018 |work=Sindhi Dunya |url=https://www.sindhidunya.com/muhammad-ilyas-qadri-sindh/ |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207045831/https://www.sindhidunya.com/muhammad-ilyas-qadri-sindh/ |archive-date=7 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He has around 30 million disciples all over the world.<ref name="muslim500" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri |url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/muhammad-ilyas-attar-qadiri/ |access-date=2020-06-09 |website=The Muslim 500 |language=en-US |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102062105/https://themuslim500.com/profiles/muhammad-ilyas-attar-qadiri/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="madiha">{{cite book |last1=Afzal |first1=Madiha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ws5SDwAAQBAJ&q=This+does+not+imply,+however,+that+they+would+become+violent.+They+were+both+followers+of+Muhammad+Ilyas+Attar+Qadri%27s+fundamentalist+group+Dawat-e-Islam&pg=PT109 |title=Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society and the State |date=16 March 2018 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=9789353050054 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210071529/https://books.google.com/books?id=ws5SDwAAQBAJ&q=This+does+not+imply,+however,+that+they+would+become+violent.+They+were+both+followers+of+Muhammad+Ilyas+Attar+Qadri%27s+fundamentalist+group+Dawat-e-Islam&pg=PT109 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
His [[Kutchi Memon]] ancestors originated from the village of Kutyanah in [[Junagadh|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]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.dawateislami.net/bookslibrary/en/introduction-to-ameer-e-ahl-e-sunnat|title=Attar - The Life and the Journey|publisher=Maktaba tul Madinah|year=2010|location=UK|access-date=10 February 2024|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205220341/https://dawateislami.net/bookslibrary/en/introduction-to-ameer-e-ahl-e-sunnat|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ilyas Qadri was born on July 12, 1950, in Karachi.<ref name="muslim500" /> His father, Abdur Rahman Qadri, was commonly referred to with the title "''[[Haji]]''" due to his purported passing while undertaking the [[Hajj|hajj pilgrimage]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri |url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/muhammad-ilyas-attar-qadiri/ |website=The Muslim 500 |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102062105/https://themuslim500.com/profiles/muhammad-ilyas-attar-qadiri/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Qadri pursued his studies for approximately 22 years under the tutelage of the esteemed scholar [[Waqaruddin Qadri|Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri]] at Darul Uloom Amjadia in Karachi.<ref name=":2" />

== Career ==

=== 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 [[Jamia-tul-Madina]] where the [[dars-e-nizami|Dars-e-Nizami]] curriculum is taught.

Dawat-e-Islami has departments including [[Fiqh|Islamic Jurisprudence]], [[Madani Channel]], Madrasa tul Madinah, [[Jamia-tul-Madina]], Departments of [[Mosque service|Mosque Service]], Madani Inamat and [[Madni qafila|Madani Qafila]].<ref name=":1" />

=== Sufism ===
Ilyas Qadri became a [[murid]] of Ziauddin Madani, himself a disciple of [[Ahmad Raza Khan]]. Fazlur 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]].<ref name=":1"/>

== Books ==
The author of some 30 books,<ref name="muslim500" /><ref name=":0" /> along with his major work ''[[Faizan-e-Sunnat]]<ref name="muslim500" />'' in 2 volumes and more than 2000 pages, his other publications include:<ref name="auto" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2013-12-31|title=Sheikh-e-Tariqat, Ameer-e-Ahle-Sunnat Hazrat-e-Allama Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Razavi Ziaye دامت برتھم العالیہ|url=http://www.ameer-e-ahlesunnat.net/english/?page_id719|access-date=2021-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000445/http://www.ameer-e-ahlesunnat.net/english/?page_id719|archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/7197388.Muhammad_Ilyas_Attar_Qadri_Razavi|title=Books by Muhammad Ilyas 'Attar Qadri Razavi (Author of Faizan e Sunnat)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=10 February 2024|archive-date=3 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103044639/https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/7197388.Muhammad_Ilyas_Attar_Qadri_Razavi|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Laws of Ṣalāĥ''
* ''Priceless Diamonds''
* ''Cure for Anger''
* ''I want to rectify myself''
* ''Method of becoming Pious''
* ''Cure for Sins''
* ''Test of the Grave''

== Criticism ==

# '''Media Adaptation''':
#* Initially opposed TV and pictures<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVO5oFniLQA |title=Dawateislami Pehle Tv Dekhne Se Mana Karti Thi Or Ab Madani Channel 🤔🤔/ Answer By Maulana Ilya Qadri |language=en |access-date=2024-04-20 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> but later embraced them through his channel, '''Madani Channel,'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madani Channel |url=https://www.madanichannel.tv/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.madanichannel.tv}}</ref> This shift deviated from the views of '''[[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]]''', whom he claims to follow.
# '''Sectarian Divisions and Extremism''':
#* Accused of promoting sectarian divisions and animosity, particularly towards '''[[Shia Muslims]]'''.
#* Allegations of [[financial mismanagement]] and [[corruption]] within '''[[Dawat-e-Islami]]'''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-30 |title=Dawat-e-Islami collected donations worth Rs 20 lakh from border areas of Rajasthan, say agencies |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/dawat-e-islami-collected-donations-worth-rs-20-lakh-from-border-areas-of-rajasthan-say-agencies/articleshow/92577717.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
#* Ilyas Qadri has faced [[allegation]]s related to [[extremism]] and controversial statements. These include supporting extrajudicial killings of blasphemers. His affiliation with individuals involved in violent incidents, has raised concerns. like
#** '''Salman Taseer's Murder''': [[Mumtaz Qadri]], associated with [[Dawat-e-Islami]], murdered Pakistani governor [[Salman Taseer]]. Ilyas Qadri declared Killer a ‘ghazi’.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=What Is Dawat-e-Islami And The Alleged Pakistan Link To The Udaipur Beheading |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/what-is-dawat-e-islami-and-the-alleged-pakistan-link-to-the-udaipur-beheading-573571.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=IndiaTimes |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dawat-e-Islami, the growing threat and how it radicalises Indian Muslims |url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/dawat-e-islami-the-growing-threat-and-how-it-radicalises-indian-muslims-3503116.html |website=One India}}</ref>
#** '''Udaipur, India Incident''': Ghouse Mohammad, connected to [[Dawat-e-Islami]], was involved in a brutal murder in [[Udaipur]], [[India]]. The investigation led to the detention of five individuals, including the two prime accused.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explained: Dawat-e-Islami, the Pakistan based Sunni group linked to Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's murderer |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/dawat-e-isami-pakistan-based-sunni-group-linked-to-udaipur-tailor-kanhaiya-lal-murderer-1968335-2022-06-29 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=India Today |date=29 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.dawateislami.net/ Dawat-e-Islami]
*[https://www.ilyasqadri.com/ Maulana Ilyas Qadri]

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Latest revision as of 12:11, 4 January 2025

Ilyas Qadri
الیاس قادری
Personal life
Born
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri

(1950-07-12) 12 July 1950 (age 74)[1]
NationalityPakistani
Children
  • Ahmad Ubaid Raza
  • Bilal Raza Qadri
Notable work(s)Faizan-e-Sunnat
Known forFounder of Dawat-e-Islami
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Teachers
TariqaQadiriyya
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi
Muslim leader
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013 — Present
Subscribers1.74 million[2]
Total views243.5 million[2]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: 07 Aug 2023.
Website
View of Faizan e Madina

Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri[a] (born 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar who is the leader of Dawat-e-Islami since its foundation. He belongs to the Qadri–Razavi order of Sufism.

A Kutchi Memon, Qadri was born in Karachi and studied under Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darul Uloom Amjadia. He was authorized in Sufism by Fazlur Rahman and Waqaruddin Qadri.

His Dawat-e-Islami is a non-political global organization of Barelvi Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.[3][1][4][5][6][7] He has around 30 million disciples all over the world.[1][8][9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Qadri pursued his studies for approximately 22 years under the tutelage of the esteemed scholar Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darul Uloom Amjadia in Karachi.[12]

Career

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 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.[10]

Sufism

Ilyas Qadri became a murid of Ziauddin Madani, himself a disciple of Ahmad Raza Khan. Fazlur 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.[10]

Books

The author of some 30 books,[1][8] along with his major work Faizan-e-Sunnat[1] in 2 volumes and more than 2000 pages, his other publications include:[11][12][13]

  • Laws of Ṣalāĥ
  • Priceless Diamonds
  • Cure for Anger
  • I want to rectify myself
  • Method of becoming Pious
  • Cure for Sins
  • Test of the Grave

Criticism

  1. Media Adaptation:
    • Initially opposed TV and pictures[14] but later embraced them through his channel, Madani Channel,[15] This shift deviated from the views of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, whom he claims to follow.
  2. Sectarian Divisions and Extremism:

Notes

  1. ^ Urdu: محمد الیاس عطار قادری, romanizedMuḥammad Ilyās ʿAṭṭār Qādrī

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "About Maulana Ilyas Qadri". YouTube.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Da'awat moot concludes". DAWN.COM. 21 October 2002. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  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. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ Dawateislami Pehle Tv Dekhne Se Mana Karti Thi Or Ab Madani Channel 🤔🤔/ Answer By Maulana Ilya Qadri. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  15. ^ "Madani Channel". www.madanichannel.tv. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Dawat-e-Islami collected donations worth Rs 20 lakh from border areas of Rajasthan, say agencies". The Economic Times. 30 June 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  17. ^ "What Is Dawat-e-Islami And The Alleged Pakistan Link To The Udaipur Beheading". IndiaTimes. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Dawat-e-Islami, the growing threat and how it radicalises Indian Muslims". One India.
  19. ^ "Explained: Dawat-e-Islami, the Pakistan based Sunni group linked to Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's murderer". India Today. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2024.