Ilyas Qadri

Ilyas Qadri
Ilyas Qadri
ابو بلال محمد اِلیاس عطّارؔ قادِری رَضَوی
Title	Attar
Personal
Born	Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri ; 12 July 1950; Karachi, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Pakistani
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Barelvi
Main interest(s)	Sufism
Notable work(s)	Faizan-e-Sunnat; Faizan E Namaz
Known for	Founder of Dawat-e-Islami
	YouTube information
Channel	Maulana Ilyas Qadri;
Years active	2013 — Present
Subscribers	1.51 million
Total views	206.9 million
Creator Awards
	Last updated: 07 Aug 2023.
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Abdul Qadir Gilani; Mu'in al-Din Chishti; Nizamuddin Auliya; Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi; Akhtar Raza Khan ;
Website	https://www.ilyasqadri.com; https://www.dawateislami.net;
Television	Madani Channel

Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (Urdu: محمد الیاس قادری رضوی ضیائی Sindhi: محمد الياس قادري, known as Attar ( عطار), is a Muslim scholar, a Sufi scholar of the Qadri Rizvi order and the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, a non-political global organization of Barelvi Sunnis spread over 195+ countries. He has some 30 million disciples all over the world.

Based in Karachi, Pakistan, Qadri is the author of many books, including Faizan-e-Sunnat.

Early life and education

His Kutchi Memon forefathers were from the village of Kutyanah in Junagarh, Gujarat, India. 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.

Ilyas Qadri himself was born on 12 July 1950 in a Memon family in Karachi.

Qadri studied for 22 years from Grand Mufti of Pakistan Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darl Uloom Amjadia, Karachi.

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.

Sufism

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.

Books

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