Ilyas Qadri

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Ilyas Qadri
الیاس قادری
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Personal
Born
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri

(1950-07-12) 12 July 1950 (age 73) [1]
Religion Islam
Nationality Pakistani
Children
  • Ahmad Ubaid Raza
  • Bilal Raza Qadri
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Hanafi
Creed Maturidi
Movement Barelvi
Notable work(s) Faizan-e-Sunnat
Teachers
Tariqa Qadiriyya
Known forFounder of Dawat-e-Islami
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013 — Present
Subscribers1.74 million [2]
Total views243.5 million [2]
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Last updated: 07 Aug 2023.
Muslim leader
Website
Television Madani Channel
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Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri [lower-alpha 1] (born 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar who is the founder of Dawat-e-Islami. He belongs to the Qadri order of Sufism.

Contents

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 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. [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]

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, romanized: Muḥammad Ilyās ʿAṭṭār Qādrī

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