Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri (
Urdu:
محمد طاہر القادری) (born
February 19, 1951,
Jhang,
Pakistan) is a
Pakistani Sufi scholar[2][3] and former professor of international constitutional law at the
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Qadri is the founder of
Minhaj-ul-Quran International, a broad-based global Sufi organization[5] working in the fields of welfare, human rights and education. Its objectives are the promotion of a moderate and non-extremist vision of
Islam, the establishment of good relations and understanding between communities and religions,[6] and the education of youth through "employing the methods of Sufism".[7] He also founded
The Minhaj University of which he is the head of the
Board of Governors, as well as an international relief charity,
Minhaj Welfare Foundation.[8]
Qadri is also the founding chairman of the political party
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (
PAT), although he is no longer involved in politics. Qadri spoke at the
World Economic Forum in
January 2011.Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is the son of
Farid-ud-Din Qadri and his ancestors belong to the
Sial family of Jhang near
Sargodha.[10] Qadri started his education at the
Christian '
Sacred Heart School' in Jhang, a
Catholic mission school, where he learnt
English and was exposed to
Christianity at an early age. He was specifically taught
Islamic education from the age of 12[11] in al-Madina al-Munawwara[citation needed],
Saudi Arabia[citation needed] at the
Madrasa al-'Ulum al-Shar'iyya[citation needed], which was situated in the house of
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the first residence of the
Islamic Prophet Muhammad after his migration to
Madinah.[11] He learnt under Mawlana
Diya' al-Din al-Madani (d.
1981, aged 107) and studied Hadith from Muhaddith al-Hijaz al-Sayyid '
Alawi ibn '
Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki (d.
1971).[citation needed] Al-Shaykh al-Sayyid 'Alawis son, the late muhaddith of al-Hijaz, al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Makki (d. 2004) who was the foremost
Sunni authority of the
Middle East[citation needed] gave all of his fathers ijazas and isnads to Qadri in written form which he had previously received verbally, as well as his own chains.[12] Qadri continued his quest for knowledge early in his life, making sama'[13] of Hadith from the then Muhaddith al-A'zam of Pakistan,
Sardar Ahmad al-Qadri (d. 1962)
Qadri has also learnt from a number of other prominent classical authorities in the
Islamic sciences such as the following scholars:
Abu al-Barakat Ahmad al-Qadri al-Alwari (d. 1978). One of the hadith narrators of the Sub-Continent, he is the son of
Didar 'Ali al-Shah al-Alwari (student of
Ahmad 'Ali al-Muhaddith al-Saharanpuri) and was a student of
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. Qadri studied under him for four years and was gifted all of the Shaykhs ijazas in Hadith and Fiqh in
1972.[15]
'Abd al-Rashid al-Ridwi (d.
2011). Qadri completed the classical Dars-e-Nizami course with him from
1963 to
1970 at
Jami'a Qutbiyya Ridwiyya, Jhang.[16]
Lessons were conducted from the predawn Tahajjud prayers at three o'clock in the early morning to eleven o'clock at night with pauses between noon and afternoon. No other student was taught while he was engaged in coaching Qadri. In
2007, he attended the birthday gathering of Qadri and whilst praising his talents and achievements, said:
"
Today we are lucky to be present here in connection with the birthday of a true lover of the
Holy Prophet. I started teaching Shaykh-ul-Islam when he was very young but
I never saw him missing his (predawn) Tahajjud and other optional(prayers)... Let alone speaking of neglecting a lesson or going absence, he never even imagined such a thing. As a student he was deeply loyal to me.
The world has rewarded him by bestowing upon him the title of Shaykh-ul-Islam. Dr Sahib was a person of great humility and this quality exists in him even today and has not lessened even a little.
All of this is divine grace and favour upon him. I pray to
Allah for his long life and success in the Mustafawi mission.
A well-known Sufi-saint became Qadri's spiritual guide in the Qadiriyya Tariqa in 1966. He also bestowed him with all of his ijazas in Hadith.[18]
Tahir Allauddin opened The Minhaj University[19] saying that anyone opposing the Minhaj-ul-Quran institute would have no relationship with the Qadiriyya movement and their deeds would not benefit Islam.
Ahmad al-Zubaydi (whose father's standing was such that he was known as
Abu Hanifa al-Saghir)[citation needed] of
Syria who is allegedly from the family of
Imam al-A'zam Abu Hanifa reports that he personally heard Tahir Allauddin al-Gilani referring to
Tahir Qadri as "Mujaddid (Reviver of Islam)".[20]
'Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani (d.
1985) who had himself taken knowledge and training directly from many scholars and saints such as
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki,
Ahmad Rida Khan
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