Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
| Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi | |
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| 1st Amir of Tablighi Jamaat | |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi |
| Title | Hazrat Ji |
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Akhtar Ilyas 1885 (1302 Hijri year) Kandhla, North-Western Provinces, British India (in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 13 July 1944 (1363 Hijri year) Nizamuddin, Delhi |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Indian |
| Occupation | Da'i |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Main interest(s) | Da'wah |
| Notable work(s) | Tablighi Jamaat |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Sufi order | Chishti-Nizami |
| Disciple of |
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Muhammad Ismail Kandhlawi Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi |
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Muḥammad Ilyās ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Kāndhlawī Dihlawī was an Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi who founded the Tablighi Jamaat Islamic revivalist movement. "Tablighi Jamaat was another group started for the reformation of Muslims, which was begun in 1926 in Mewat province by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi."
He was Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ismail, Kandhlawi (of Kandhla) by birth and origin, then Dihlawi (of Delhi).
Muhammad was born in 1303 AH (1885/1886) in the village of Kandhla, Muzaffarnagar district, North-West Provinces, British India (in present-day Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, India). His year of birth can be computed by the tarikhi (chronogrammatic) name "Akhtar Ilyas" (اختر الیاس) using abjad numerals.
He was the son of Muhammad Ismail and his second wife, Safiyah.
In a local maktab (school), he memorized one and a quarter ajza' of the Qur'an, and he completed memorizing the Qur'an under his father's supervision in Nizamuddin area, Delhi. Thereafter, he studied the elementary books of Arabic and Persian language mostly under his father.
Later on, he lived with and studied under Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. In 1905, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi died, when Muhammad was 20. In 1908, Muhammad enrolled in Darul Uloom Deoband.
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