Ilyas Kandhlawi

Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
1st Amir of Tablighi Jamaat
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi
Personal life
Born	Akhtar Ilyas; 1885 (1302 Hijri year); Kandhla, Muzaffarnagar, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	July 13, 1944 (aged 58–59) (1363 Hijri year); Delhi, British India
Main interest(s)	Da'wah
Notable work(s)	Tablighi Jamaat
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Known for	Founder of Tableeghi Jamaat
Occupation	Da'i
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Rashid Ahmad Gangohi; Muhammad Ismail Kandhlawi; Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri; Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi
	Influenced by Rashid Ahmad Gangohi; Muhammad Ismail Kandhlawi; Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri; Muhammad Kandhlawi; Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi; Hussain Ahmad Madani; Abdul Qadir Raipuri; Ashraf Ali Thanwi;
	Influenced Zakariyya Kandhlawi; Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi; Manzur Nu'mani; Ihteshamul Hasan Kandhlawi; Saeed Ahmad Khan Makki; Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi; Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi; Muhammad Abdul Wahhab; Abdul Muqeet; Izhar ul Hassan; Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi; Maulana Zubair ul Hassan; Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi; Tariq Jameel; Israr Ahmed;

Muḥammad Ilyās ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Kāndhlawī Dihlawī (1885 – 13 July 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar of the Deobandi movement who founded the Tablighi Jamaat, in 1925, in Mewat province.