Muhammad Idrees Dahiri


Allama Muhammad Idrees Dahri is a notable Islamic scholar, preacher, writer, author, poet and researcher of Sindh, Pakistan. He is Hanafi, Maturidi, and belongs to the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Sufi order. He is a khalifa of Allah Bakhsh Abbasi Naqshbandi and currently of Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi. He also has Ijazah in Shadhili and Alawi Sufi orders.

Tariqat

Being a scholar, he first entered the Naqshbandi tariqah by taking oath of allegiance with Shaykh Allah Bakhsh Abbasi Naqshbandi of Sindh, and received Khilafat on 18 Rabi-us-Sani 1405AH. In the Alawi Sufi order, he received Ijazah from Shaykh Zain ibn Ibrahim Sameet al-Alawi of Makkah, SA, and in the Shadhili Sufi order, he has Ijazah from Shaykh Fahmi of Madinah, SA.

Speeches

He is an Islamic speaker and delivers speeches in various parts of Rural Sindh and many urban areas. He mostly delivers lectures in Sindhi language, but also speaks in Urdu when invited in urban areas where most listeners are Urdu speaking.

Books

He has authored books on various topics such as Fiqh, Tasawwuf, biographies, and other Islamic topics. His eight-volume Tafsir of the Holy Quran is one of the very few complete Tafsirs in the Sindhi language. Most of his books are in Sindhi. He is also a poet of Sindhi and has written poetry on Islamic themes. Most famous parts of his poetry are Naat and Manqabat.
He is also a translator and has translated some of the classical works of famous scholars of Sindh, such as Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi and Shaykh Abul-Hasan Dahiri.

List of authored books