BIOGRAPHY OF HAJI MUSHTAQ QADRI ATTARI(LATE)

Early life Mushtaq Qadri (Rehmatullah Alaih) was born in 1969 at Sarhad, Wazeerstan Pakistan and grew up at Moradabad, India. His (Rehmatullah Alaih) father's name was Maulana Ikhlaaq Ahmed. Private life In 1991 Mushtaq Qadri (Rehmatullah Alaih) married, with his nik...ah (matrimonal ceremony) being read by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri. He has four children: Obaid Raza Attari; Abdul Mustafa Attari; Faizan Attari; and Ashfaq Attari. Religious influences Mushtaq Qadri (Rehmatullah Alaih) was a very close follower and friend of the spiritual Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri, who is the leader of the peaceful Islamic movement Dawat-e-Islami. In 1986 Mushtaq Qadri (Rehmatullah Alaih) gave his spiritual allegiance (bay'ah) to Ameer-e-Ahle Sunnat Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri. Religious positions In 1997 He (Rehmatullah Alaih) was made the Imam (leader) of the Masjid Kanzul Eemaan, with the guidance of Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri. In 2000 He (Rehmatullah Alaih) was made the Nigran-e-Shuhrah (Leader of the Council) of Dawat-e-Islami. Due to His (Rehmatullah Alaih) good deeds and dedications towards the work of ISLAM, He(Rehmatullah Alaih) becomes ATTAR KA PYARA. and also became very famous around the world as ATTAR KA PYARA (ATTAR - A Name of Ameer-e-Ahlesunnat, Maulana Muhammed Ilyas ATTAR Qadri ) Non-commercialism Mushtaq Attari (Rehmatullah Alaih) has never accepted payment for reading Na'at. Recording companies have offered Him (Rehmatullah Alaih) any practical amount of money, but he (Rehmatullah Alaih) refused. He (Rehmatullah Alaih) would never ask for a car to take where He (Rehmatullah Alaih) was reciting, nor would He (Rehmatullah Alaih) ask for the money for the rick-shaw that took Him (Rehmatullah Alaih) there. He (Rehmatullah Alaih) never accepted any money made from his recordings (tapes/CDs) and any profit would go to funding Dawat-e-Islami projects. Later life Towards the end of life, Hajji Mushtaq Qadri (Rehmatullah Alaih) had been suffering from throat and chest cancer. He (Rehmatullah Alaih) could no longer speak. His (Rehmatullah Alaih) spiritual master Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri, who was currently in the UAE, phoned him and asked him to recite the kalima (declaration of faith) and amazingly he did. He (Rehmatullah Alaih) departed from this temporary world on the 5th of November 2002 29th Shaban in Karachi. Death Upon hearing about his death, Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri immediately returned to Karachi where He lead the Janazah (funeral prayer). About 200,000 people attended the janazah, which was held in Nishtar Park, Karachi. He was buried in Sehra-e-Madinah in Karachi and at the burial the attendees were reciting durood shareef and famous Na'at written by Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Bareillwy (Rehmatullah Alaih) , such as "Kaabay Ke Badrudujaa Tum Pe Karroron Durood". From around the world thousands of Muslims prayed for Haji Mushtaq Qadri Razavi Attari (Rehmatullah Alaih) in the form of Qur'an recitation, durood (blessings on the Prophet {sallallahu alaihe wasallam}) and tasbeeh (praise of ALLAH).