TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

Chapter Ninethe Blessed Prophet’s s green dome in Madina. He is on his waysomewhere when someone stopped him saying,“Najīb Allāh, listen! Somebody is calling out from the minaret.”He asked,“Who is it?” Then he himself came by the minaret and heardsomeone saying,“Ni‘m al-‘abd, ni‘m al-‘abd” (what a great servant, what a greatservant!). He began climbing the skyscraping minaret. As he wasabout to reach the top he heard,“Ni‘m al-‘abd, Zakariyyā” (what a great servant Zakariyyā is!).He was about to climb higher when he thought, “what if Ĥađratcalls me.” As he was about to turn back he woke up.One quick look at the ArrangementsBefore narrating the details of Ĥađrat’s journey, it is appropriateto say a few words about the sincere workers, their fervor andsacrifice, who made the whole event possible. This is just one wayof letting them know our appreciation for and recognition of theirhard work; as the hadith says, “Whoever is not grateful to the people isnot grateful to Allah u” 49 and also to inform others of their sincerityand love for the Dīn of Allah u.As the readers know, the masjid was spacious and big but asthe gathering and number of visitors grew [especially during theweekends when the number exceeded 7,000 people], there wasneed for additional accommodations. Therefore, three tents, eachaccommodating 3,000 people, were pitched on three sides of themasjid. Also, a large building adjacent to the masjid was allocatedfor the accommodations, including food and drink for guests whovisited during the weekend as well as for the 100 volunteers whoserved the guests daily. In preparation and expectation of a largeinflow of guests, fifty faucets, twelve bathrooms, and four bathswere added to the existing fifty faucets, twelve bathrooms and twobaths. Four pre-existing baths with only cold water supply were49 Tirmidhī, mā Jā’ fi al-Shukr93