Hazrat Haji Muhammad Mushtaq Attari

Mushtaq Qadri

Muhammad Mushtaq Qadri Attari was a na'at khawan.

Early life:

Mushtaq Qadri was born on a Sunday, 18th of the month of Ramadan, 1386 A.H (approximately 1 January 1967), in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. His father's name was Akhlaq Ahmad. Before permanently moving to Karachi, he lived in Faisalabad.

In 1991 Mushtaq Qadri got married. His nikah (matrimonal ceremony) was conducted by his mentor Muhammad Ilyas Qadri. He has four children: Ubaid Raza Attari, Abdul Mustafa Attari, Faizan Attari & Ashfaq Attari.

Religious influences:

Mushtaq Qadri was an associate of the spiritual guide & leader Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, the head of the Islamic movement Dawat-e-Islami.

In 1986 Mushtaq Qadri gave his spiritual allegiance (bay'ah) to Silsila (Link) Qadriya. He is considered as a mentor of Owais Qadri.

Religious position:

First Qadri was an imam at the Madinah Masjid, in Aurangi Town, Karachi. From 1995 until his death, he also served as an imam & speaker in Jamia Masjid Kanz-ul-Iman (Babri Chowk, Karachi, Pakistan). He had memorized eight Juz (sections) of the Quran. He was also a qari (one who recites the Quran with its proper recital guidelines). Considered by some as a erudite Muslim scholar, he had finished four years of Dars-e-Nizami. He worked as an auditor for the government for many years. He taught the English language in Ja'amiat-ul-Madinah (Sabz Market, Karachi, Pakistan). He performed the Hajj pilgrimage & visited the holy city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia four times.

In the year 2000 he was appointed as the nigran (head of Dawat-e-Islami's activities) of Karachi, Pakistan with the approval of all the nigrans of Karachi. Later, in October of the same year, he was appointed as the nigran of Markazi Majlis-e-Shura (Dawat-e-Islami's Central Council).

Due to his dedication to the cause of Dawat-e-Islami, he earned the title Aṭṭar ka Pyara (the cherished one of Attar). "Attar" refers to Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri.

Non-commercialism:

Mushtaq Attari had never accepted payment for reciting na'at poems. Recording companies had offered him handsome amounts for releasing his albums, but he had refused. He would never ask for a ride to take him to programs where he was invited for reciting, nor would he accept money for taxi fare. He never accepted any money made from his recordings & any proceeds would be forwarded toward funding Dawat-e-Islami righteous projects.

Death:
Towards the end of life, Mushtaq Qadri was suffering from throat & chest cancer & could no longer speak. His spiritual guide, Ilyas Attar Qadri, who was in the United Arab Emirates at that time, phoned him & told him to recite the kalima (declaration of faith) & Mushtaq Qadri found himself, surprisingly, able to do so. Mushtaq Qadri died on 29th Sha'aban 1423 A.H (5 November 2002) in Karachi.

Upon hearing about his death, Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri immediately returned to Karachi from the Emirates. The funeral prayer of Mushtaq Attari was offered in Nishtar Park, Karachi, led by Qadri, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami. Mushtaq Attari was buried in Sehra-e-Madinah (near Toll Plaza, Karachi).

At the burial the attendees were reciting durood & famous na'at written by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, such as Kaabay Ke Badruddujaa Tum Pe Karoron Durood. The congregation was held in Faizan-e-Madinah on the third day of the funeral, with many Muslims taking part. A non-exhaustive list of some of the Aisal of sawab (donations of reward) that was donated by Muslims from many cities as follows Recitation of:

• Quran - 13,919 times.
• Various Juz (para sections of Quran) - 5,613 times.
• Surah Yasin - 1,038 times.
• Surah-tul-Mulk, 1,140 times
• Surah Ar-Rahman - 165 times.
• Surah Muzzammil - 10 times.
• Ayat-ul-Kursi - 33,592 times.
• Various Surah's (chapters of the Quran), 93,186 times.
• Durood (Blessings on the Prophet) - 138,880,87 times.
• Kalimah Tayyibah (testimony of faith) - 348,400 times
• Various litanies (Tasbihaat) - 357,200 times

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