Dear Islamic brothers! In every era, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ sent such holy personalities to the Ummaĥ of His beloved and blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم who excellently fulfilled the responsibility of ‘اَمۡرٌ بِالۡمَعۡرُوۡفِ وَنَھۡیٌ عَنِ الۡمُنۡکَر’, i.e. calling people towards righteousness and preventing them from misdeeds. These righteous saints inculcated in other Muslims the mindset: I must strive to reform myself and the people of the entire world.
One of such great personalities is Shaykh-e-Ṭarīqat Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَتْ بَرَكَاتُهُمُ الْعَالِيَهْ who launched the Madanī campaign of Dawat-e-Islami, a global & non-political movement for the preaching of Quran and Sunnaĥ, with the help of some of his companions in Karachi in Żul-Qa’da-tul-Ḥarām 1401 A.H. (September, 1981). He is a symbol of past saints in attributes[1] like fear of Allah, deep devotion to the beloved Prophet, zeal and determination for following Quran & Sunnaĥ, and for reviving Sunnaĥ, piety, forgiveness, perseverance, patience, thankfulness, humility, simplicity, sincerity, asceticism, good-manners, absolute disinterest in the world, concern about the protection of faith, ambition to spread religious knowledge and reforming the Muslims.
Through the platform of Dawat-e-Islami, he has brought a Madanī revolution in the lives of millions of Muslims, especially the young Islamic brothers and sisters. Many sinful youths repented of their sins, adopting a pious way of life. Those previously not offering Ṣalāĥ not only started offering Ṣalāĥ but also many progressed even further becoming the Imāms of Masājid; disobedient and rude offspring began to respect and obey their parents; those wandering in the dark valley of Kufr (unbelief) were blessed with the light of Islam; those dreaming of the sensual beauty of European countries became anxious and desirous of beholding the beauty of the Holy Ka’baĥ and the grand green dome of beloved Madīnaĥ; those who used to get worried and grieved about their apparently serious looking worldly matters got the Madanī mindset of pondering over their afterlife; those fond of reading romantic and filthy novels got attracted to reading the books and booklets of the scholars of Aĥl-e-Sunnat دَامَتۡ فُـیُـوۡضُھُمۡ; those fond of excursions started [1] To know more about the life of Amir-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, go through the book ‘A Brief Biography of Amir-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat’ published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah.travelling with Madanī Qāfilaĥs in the path of Allah; those whose aim was just to accumulate the wealth of the world adopted the Madanī aim, ‘I must strive to reform myself and the people of the entire world.’ اِنْ شَآءَ اللہ عَزَّوَجَلَّـ
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الْحَبِیۡب صَلَّى الـلّٰـہُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد