Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri

Born on 12 July 1950 (26 Ramadan 1369 AH) in Karachi, into a Kutchi Memon family whose forebears came from Kutiyana in Junagadh. He studied for many years under Mufti Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darul Uloom Amjadia, Karachi.

He founded Dawat-e-Islami in 1981 as a non-political movement for religious education and preaching, which now works in a large number of countries. His best known book is Faizan-e-Sunnat, a two-volume work on Islamic practice and ethics.

• Faizan-e-Sunnat

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• Founder

  Dawat-e-Islami

  1981 – Present

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• Mufti Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri

  Darul Uloom Amjadia, Karachi

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