TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀto succeed and progress. After Fajr, the newcomers and thosedeparting get an opportunity to shake hands with Ĥađrat. Duringthe weekends, this meeting with Ĥađrat was scheduled after ‘Ishā.In the beginning of Ramadan, Muftī Maĥmūd gave a talk from11 a.m. to 12 a.m. for nearly one week. After that, he and Shaikh‘Abd al-Ĥalīm alternated every day. These talks were mostly abouttaśawwuf and general advice to the people.Muftī Maĥmūd has gained permission in taśawwuf fromĤađrat Shaikh, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Ĥalīm Jaunpūrī and Shāh WaśīAllāh Ilāhabādī. He is a Mażāhir al-‘Ulūm alumnus, one of theboard members and head Muftī of ‘Dār al-‘Ulūm Deoband today.Presently, he is one of the greatest personalities in the Muslimworld [especially in the Indian subcontinent and more specificallyBangladesh] and an authority in Islamic jurisprudence and rhetoric/debate. He is an exemplar of the predecessors in his strength,grasp and depth of the knowledge of Dīn and in his humility andsimplicity. He is also one of the most honored successors of ĤađratShaikh. One can read more about him in the book “The Scholarsof Mażāhir al-‘Ulūm, Their Literary and Scholastic Contributions”[By Shaikh Muĥammad Shāhid].• Khatm-e-khawājagān after Ẓuhr followed by gathering ofdhikrOpen gathering after ‘Aśr in which the book Irshād al-Mulūk,Ikmāl al-Shiyam and the booklet Nisbat aur Ijāzat are read. At first,it was read by Shaikh Najīb Allāh, then Shaikh Mu‘īn al-Dīn[who is the Shaikh al-Ĥadīth of Madrasa Imdādia [Murādabad,India] and one of the longtime devotees and successor of Ĥađrat].His manner of reading makes its easy for listeners to understandthe book.• Dinner after Maghrib. The curtains of Ĥađrat’s quarters areremoved at about 7 p.m. and people come to sit with Ĥađrat afterthey finish their dinner. In this gathering, students commencedtheir Qur’an with Ĥađrat and some times bai‘a was also held atthis time. This gathering ended with a short du‘ā.100