Ilyas Qadri

Ilyas Qadri
Ilyas Qadri
الیاس قادری
	Qadri in 2022
Personal life
Born	Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri; 12 July 1950; Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Children	Ahmad Ubaid Raza; Bilal Raza Qadri;
Notable work(s)	Faizan-e-Sunnat
Known for	Founder of Dawat-e-Islami
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Teachers	Waqaruddin Qadri; Ziauddin Madani;
Tariqa	Qadiriyya
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Barelvi
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Abdul Qadir Gilani; Mu'in al-Din Chishti; Nizamuddin Auliya; Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi; Akhtar Raza Khan;
Television	Madani Channel
YouTube information
Channel	Maulana Ilyas Qadri;
Years active	2013—present
Subscribers	2.15 million
Views	356 million
	Last updated: 8 March 2026
Website	www.ilyasqadri.com; www.dawateislami.net;

Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar who is the leader of Dawat-e-Islami since its foundation. He belongs to the Qadri–Razavi order of Sufism.

A Kutchi Memon, Qadri was born in Karachi and studied under Ziauddin Madani and Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri at Darul Uloom Amjadia.

His Dawat-e-Islami is a non-political global organization of Barelvi Sunnis spread over 195+ countries. He has around 30 million disciples all over the world.