Ilyas Qadri
Pakistani Islamic scholar (born 1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (1950-07-12) 12 July 1950 (age 73)[1] | |||||||||
Religion | Islam | |||||||||
Nationality | Pakistani | |||||||||
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Denomination | Sunni | |||||||||
Jurisprudence | Hanafi | |||||||||
Creed | Maturidi | |||||||||
Movement | Barelvi | |||||||||
Notable work(s) | Faizan-e-Sunnat | |||||||||
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Tariqa | Qadiriyya | |||||||||
Known for | Founder of Dawat-e-Islami | |||||||||
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Years active | 2013 — Present | |||||||||
Subscribers | 1.74 million[2] | |||||||||
Total views | 243.5 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 07 Aug 2023. | ||||||||||
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Television | Madani Channel | |||||||||
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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]