Ilyas Kandhlawi

Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
1st Amir of Tablighi Jamaat
Succeeded byMuhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi
TitleFounder of Tableeghi Jamaat
Personal life
Born
Akhtar Ilyas

1885 (1302 Hijri year)
DiedJuly 13, 1944(1944-07-13) (aged 58–59) (1363 Hijri year)
Main interest(s)Da'wah
Notable work(s)Tablighi Jamaat
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
OccupationDa'i
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Muslim leader
Disciple ofRashid Ahmad Gangohi
Muhammad Ismail Kandhlawi
Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi
Influenced by

Muḥammad Ilyās ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Kāndhlawī Dihlawī (1885 – 13 July 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar of the Deobandi movement who founded the Tablighi Jamaat, in 1925, in Mewat province.