Ilyas Qadri

Ilyas Qadri
Ilyas Qadri
اِلیاس قادِری
Title	Attar
Personal life
Born	Ilyas Qadri; 12 July 1950 (age 74); Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Notable work(s)	Faizan-e-Sunnat
Known for	Founder of Dawat-e-Islami
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Movement	Islamic
Senior posting
	Influenced by Mohammed al-Ghazali; Abdul Qadir Gilani; Imam Ahmad Raza Khan; Maulana Ziauddin Madani; Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri; ;
	YouTube information
Channel	Maulana Ilyas Qadri;
Years active	2013 — Present
Subscribers	679 thousand
Total views	66.5 million
Creator Awards
	Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Website	https://www.ilyasqadri.com; https://www.dawateislami.net;

Ilyas Qadri (Template:Lang-ur), known as Attar ( عطار), is a Sufi Islamic preacher, Sunni Muslim scholar and founding leader of Dawat-e-Islami - a non-political religious organisation with presence in nearly two hundred countries of the world. He is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Attar is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat.^[1]

Biography

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,^[3] a global organization of Sunnis spread over 195+ countries.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Qadri studied for 22 years from Grand Mufti of Pakistan 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 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.^[10]

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.^[10]

Publications

Along with Faizan-e-Sunnat, his publications include:^[8]^[11]^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The 500 Most Influential Muslims (PDF) (2020 ed.). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 109. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "About Maulana Ilyas Qadri". YouTube.
^ Afzal, Madiha (16 March 2018). Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society and the State. ISBN 9789353050054. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ Correspondent, A. (21 October 2002). "Da'awat moot concludes". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Kamran Yousaf (12 September 2011). "Dawat-e-Islami comes under military's radar". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "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.
^ "Books by Muhammad Ilyas 'Attar Qadri Razavi (Author of Faizan e Sunnat)". www.goodreads.com.

External links

[muslim500-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The 500 Most Influential Muslims (PDF) (2020 ed.). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 109. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[YouTubeStatsMaulana_Ilyas_Qadri-2] "About Maulana Ilyas Qadri". YouTube.

[madiha-3] Afzal, Madiha (16 March 2018). Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society and the State. ISBN 9789353050054. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[Dawn-4] Correspondent, A. (21 October 2002). "Da'awat moot concludes". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[Tribune-5] Kamran Yousaf (12 September 2011). "Dawat-e-Islami comes under military's radar". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[global_encyclopedia-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.

[sindhidunya-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

[auto-8] "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500.

[:0-9] "Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri". The Muslim 500. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[:1-10] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[11] "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.

[12] "Books by Muhammad Ilyas 'Attar Qadri Razavi (Author of Faizan e Sunnat)". www.goodreads.com.

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Educational institutions	Madani Channel Jamia-tul-Madina Dar-ul-Madinah Madrasa-tul-Madina
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