TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

TRANSLATOR’S NOTEAll praise is to Allah u, the Most gracious, the Most merciful,and may His blessings and salām be upon His honorable and lastprophet, Muĥammad s, his Companions l, and the Salaf andKhalaf [earlier and later predecessors] who preserved and relayedthe message of Islam to us as they received it from the Companionsl, who received it from the Blessed Prophet s, who received itfrom Jibrā’īl e who received it from the Sustainer of the Worlds.The intended purpose of this book is to learn how the eldersof the past spent and cherished each moment of their Ramadan.Though their whole lives were already dedicated to the work ofDīn (religion), whether through the teaching of hadith, tabligh(propagation of Dīn), teaching in traditional religious schools, orgiving talks, all such work came to a halt in the month of Ramadanand they devoted themselves solely to prayers and remembrance ofAllah u.One might ask the question that if their whole lives were alreadydedicated to the work of Dīn, why did they feel the necessityof setting this aside during the month of Ramadan? After all,devoting time to worship benefits only the worshipper, whereastime spent in the work of Dīn benefits others as well. Would itnot then be more beneficial and virtuous to continue the work ofDīn and in fact increase it in Ramadan in order to gain the fullblessings of Ramadan? However a look in the hadith reveals thatthe Blessed Prophet s devoted his time solely to the worship ofAllah during this blessed month. Our elders, by following in hisxiii