TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

Chapter Nine• Sura Yāsīn after ‘Ishā followed by du‘ā, then inauguration ofstudents’ Qur’an• Bai‘a of men and women followed by meeting and shakinghands with Ĥađrat• DinnerĤađrat and his successors attended the last meeting of a tablīghconvention being held during that time.On the 29th of Sha‘bān [Thursday], Ĥađrat shifted with all theguests from the residence to the masjid. Earlier in the day, Ĥađratvisited the Stanger Muslim cemetery after ‘Aśr and supplicated forthe Shaikh’s [Shaikh Yūsuf Tutlā’s] parents and all deceased Muslims.This cemetery is a vast open field. Rows of Muslim graves lay sideby side with rows of Christian graves; a large barbed-wire fenceruns in the middle. Before Maghrib, everyone arrived at the masjidand laid out their beds in their designated areas. On the 2nd of July[1st of Ramadan), news of the moonsighting in Johannesburg wasreceived by phone and the daily routine was set.The Daily Routine for RamadanThe goal was to make the daily routine schedule the same as inSahāranpūr and in this the organizers were extremely successful.The Sunna of Fajr was prayed immediately after Fajr adhān,followed immediately after by Fajr śalāt. Shaikh Yūsuf Mutāla,formerly the principal of ‘Dār al-‘Ulūm in Bolton, England andone of the graduates of Mażāhir al-‘Ulūm, Sahāranpūr was thepermanent imam for Fajr śalāt. He is also one of the beloved andclose successors of Ĥađrat Shaikh. Ĥađrat came to England twoyears prior on his invitation and intends to visit again for thecompletion of the six books of hadith, Allah u willing.The existence of a ‘Dār al-‘Ulūm in a place like England is initself a miracle. Ĥađrat always worries about the progress andgrowth of this ‘Dār al-‘Ulūm, the fruits of which are evident [forone who visits there]. May Allah u keep [Shaikh Yūsuf Mutāla]and his ‘Dār al-‘Ulūm under His protection and grant it the ability99