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Chapter Ninedid enough and were lacking in this regard. 100 volunteers were appointedfor taking care of the guests, 50 of whom were entrustedwith ifţār and 50 with seĥr. The lower story of the masjid was forthe local people in i‘tikāf while the second and third story was forforeigners and special guests. In the lower story, ifţār consisted ofrice, meat, sweets, fruits, drinks, biscuits, and tea after tarāwīĥ. Fiveor six different types of curries were made for guests from abroadto accommodate their tastes. Shaikh Yūsuf Tutlā supervised onegroup that comprised of Shaikh ‘Abd al- Ĥāfiż, Sufi MuĥammadIqbāl, Shaikh Yūsuf Mutāla and Muftī Sulaimān Pāndor. Thisgroup attended to various duties.The group in charge of foreign affairs was: Yunus Nurgut,Ghulām Ĥusain Mullā, Ayyūb Isĥāq and Qāsim Mehtar whileIsmā‘īl Ĥāfiżjī, Aĥmad Mānjra, and Brother ‘Abid were incharge of kitchen duties. The responsibility for announcements,translation [for foreign guests] and managing the gathering fell onShaikh Qāsim Bhaurat, who executed his duties professionally andbeautifully. The crowd was also quick to obey his command [theyobeyed with the first announcement].Departure from Madina and the journey to ReunionThe plan to spend Ramadan in South Africa was finalized andthe necessary preparations were complete when Shaikh Sa‘īdAngār arrived from Reunion with four friends to meet Ĥađrat inMadina. He requested Ĥađrat that he come to Reunion, saying,“Please come to our place for a short time, either on your way to orwhen returning from South Africa.” Shaikh Sa‘īd Angār had longstandingrelations with Ĥađrat, had translated many of Ĥađrat’sbooks and is presently the director of the Islamic center in Reunion.Ĥađrat told his helpers to ask him, “How many khanqās will theyestablish and how many dhākirīn are they going to prepare?” Thiswas the only condition Ĥađrat put for visiting Reunion. Shaikh‘Abd al-Ĥāfiż said, “Since there is no concessionary fare for thistrip unless one purchases a year round ticket, the expense willbecome outrageously high and the ticket fare will increase by fifty95
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀpercent.” Ĥađrat replied, “Don’t worry about that, just make suremy conditions are fulfilled; are they going to establish khanqās andprepare dhākirīn? The Reunion delegation promised that khanqāswould be established in Saint-Denis and Saint-Paul. Ten to fifteendhākirīn are ready for dhikr while others are ready to be instructedfor dhikr. After that, Ĥađrat made his decision to visit Reunion.They insisted upon paying for the tickets but Ĥađrat refused andpaid for everything himself. Ĥađrat’s special helper, Shaikh Ismā‘īlBadat, had already left for Reunion to survey the arrangementsthere.Ĥađrat departed on the 4th of Sha‘bān/ 6th of June on Saturdayafter ‘Aśr from Madina and reached Badr shortly before Maghrib.After Maghrib, they departed for Makka and arrived 4 p.m [10p.m.] at Brother Sadī’s house. After ‘umra, everyone ate andĤađrat rested. On the14th of Sha‘bān/ 16th of June, he departedfor Jeddah on Monday night and arrived at the masjid of the oldJeddah airport where a large crowd had already gathered. MuftīZain al-‘Abidīn led everyone in du‘ā, then Ĥađrat departed for thenew airport at 5:15 p.m. [10:15 p.m.] Dr. Ẓafīr al-Dīn had takenpermission to take Ĥađrat through the gate from which the royalfamily travelled [al-bāb al-malik]. Once they reached the airport,officials stamped the passports and some people were allowed toboard with Ĥađrat.The plane departed from Jeddah for Madagascar. However, as theplane was not granted access to land in Madagascar, it continued onwardswithout refueling and arrived 45 minutes before scheduledtime in Reunion. Despite the early arrival, the crowd that came towelcome Ĥađrat at the airport was enormous. Shaikh Sa‘īd Angārboarded the plane with friends. Ĥađrat left the airport withoutchecking through customs but waited outside until his helpers passedthrough customs. After everyone was out, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Ĥāfiż supplicatedand then everyone departed for the main residence. It waspreviously announced that, “There will be no [immediate] gatheringfor people to meet with Ĥađrat.” Immediately after arrival, theschedule for the daily routine was as follows:96
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