TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀaddress of appreciation on behalf of the Muslims of Reunion. Atthe airport, Ĥađrat’s helpers and a large crowd prayed Maghribwith Ĥađrat. Then, Ĥađrat boarded South African Airlines on the19th of Sha‘bān/21st of June, arriving at Durban Airport at 9:15p.m local time.Arrival at DurbanThe news of Ĥađrat’s arrival spread throughout the country likewildfire. People longed to see and meet with Ĥađrat and manypeople had grown beards in anticipation. The fervor for Dīn waslike never before, each minute and second being counted for Ĥađratto arrive. Now as Ĥađrat was about to arrive, people sat eagerlywaiting. It was the time to fulfill the yearning in their hearts, to lightthe fire of love of Allah u and to gain success of the material worldand Hereafter. Thousands of people yearned for just one glimpseof Ĥađrat. Ĥađrat’s honorable successor, Muftī Maĥmūd Gangohīhad also come to receive Ĥađrat at the request of the local people toteach them the proprieties and correct way of gaining blessings fromthe elders. A large group of Muftī Maĥmūd’s murīds was originallyfrom South Africa. Two lifts carried Ĥađrat Shaikh with hiswheelchair off the airplane and into the airport. Ĥađrat’s main hosts,Shaikh Yūsuf Tutlā, ‘Abd al-Khāliq Desai, Brother Pādia and otherrespected members of the Durban community were at the airportto receive Ĥađrat. Muftī Maĥmūd led everyone in du‘ā, and thenĤađrat departed with his helpers to Shaikh Yūsuf Tutlā’s residence.Before Ĥađrat’s arrival, posters had already been posted everywherehighlighting Ĥađrat’s schedule. The schedule is as follows:• individual daily devotions after Fajr, then rest• breakfast at 9 a.m.• a talk by Muftī Maĥmūd from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.• Lunch after Ẓuhr, then rest• public gathering after ‘Aśr• Khatm-e-khawājagān after Maghrib followed by gathering ofdhikr98