TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

ُّRamadan of the Elderscussed with Ĥađrat anything from tarāwīĥ e.g. if someone hadcorrected Ĥađrat incorrectly in tarāwīĥ or other such issues.Ĥuffāż came from far away to listen to Ĥađrat in tarāwīĥ.After I led tarāwīĥ, sometimes in Ĥakīm Isĥāq’s masjid andsometimes when Amma Jī [Ĥađrat’s Sahāranpūrī’s wife] insisted,in Ĥađrat’s house, I rushed to catch tarāwīĥ behind Ĥađrat. Bythat time, Ĥađrat had usually completed four to six rak‘as, sincetarāwīĥ started early in Ĥakīm Isĥāq’s masjid and late [whereĤađrat led] in the school and in Dār al-Ţalaba. And then I alsorecited really fast. Once, Ĥađrat started Sūrat al-Ţalāq and recitedthe first aya,‏ّسَ‏ اءَ‏يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ‏ إِذَا طَ‏ لَّقْتُمُ‏ النِ‏I quickly corrected him,‏ّسَ‏ اءيَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِ‏ ينَ‏ اَمَنُوْا إِذَا طَ‏ لَّقْتُمُ‏ النِ‏Ĥāfiż Muĥammad Ĥussain was Ĥađrat’s main listener. He cameevery year from Ajrāra to spend Ramadan in Sahāranpūr. Myuncle [Shaikh Ilyās] and Shaikh ‘Abd al-Laţīf were also standingbehind Ĥađrat at the time. They all said in unison,يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيAfter tarāwīĥ, Ĥađrat laid down for a short while.“Maulwī Zakariyyā, were you sleeping?” he asked.I said, “No, not at all, Ĥađrat. But I thought that if all theverbs in the aya are plural it must be Yā Ayyuha Alladhīna Āmanūnot Yā Ayyuha al-Nabiyy?” Ĥađrat Sahāranpūrī replied,“You use analogy in the Qur’an?” I said,“Ĥađrat, it’s the rules of philology [naĥw] not analogy.”Once during tarāwīĥ Ĥāfiż Ĥussain made a mistake incorrecting Ĥađrat. I corrected him immediately thereafter. ĤāfiżĤussain realized he had made a mistake and said, “hāń [that’s115