The Founder

Birth and Family Background

Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri was born on 19-02-1951 at Jhang. His ancestors belong to Sial family of Jhang. They were agriculturist of Kheewa Village, Chiniot Road of district Jhang; two of them being very spiritual persons, gave up all their lands and properties and migrated to Jhang (then Known as Maghiana) and D.I Khan respectively.

The first was Hazrat Mian Baha-ud-Din and the second Hazrat Mian Jumma Khan, the former was the great grand father of the learned Professor, Who devoted himself to Allah’s worship; was a pious man, who had 5 sons and a daughter.

The eldest son was Dr. Farid-ud-Din Qadri, the father of the subject of the sketch, born 1918 at Jhang. He traveled worldwide for Arabic & Persian Literatures, Islamic Jurisprudence especially Tasawwuf, Graduated and specialized in Eastern Medicine from Lukhnow (India); was awarded gold Madel in 1940 from Punjab University; Studied at Lukhnow, Hyderabad (Daccan), Delhi, Damascus, Baghdad at Madina-tul-Munawara; was associated with Hakim Nabeena Ansari in Delhi and Hyderabad.

He was speaker, poet, medical practitioner. He remained associated with Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal and worked with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the Pakistan Movement; remained medical consultant to the King of Saudi Arabia, 1948. Dr. Farid-ud-Din died at Jhang November 2nd 1974, of the age 56.

Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri  is married and has two sons and three daughters; sons, Hassan Mohi-ud-Din and Hussain Mohi-ud-Din; Daughters- Qurrat-ul-Ain Fatima, Aisha Qurrat-ul-Ain and Khadija Qurrat-ul-Ain.