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Ramadan of the EldersIt is true that he will only get half the reward from the Shari‘apoint of view but considering his deep love for the Sunna, Ipersonally believe he will gain more than the reward of prayingvoluntary śalāt while standing.It is said that Majnūn even showed his affections for the dogsthat lived in the city of his beloved Lailā. 5516. Depending on the season, he would wake 2 to 3 hours beforedawn and eat seĥr half an hour before dawn. He took no morethan 15 to 20 minutes in seĥr i.e. 15 to 20 minutes before dawn.17. His seĥr was not anything special but sometimes someonegave him vermicelli [pheniāń] that was soaked in water and thenfed to the whole family. Ĥađrat also took a spoonful or two. Pilafwas cooked occasionally for seĥr in Ĥađrat’s home but never forifţār. Maybe I have written somewhere earlier that before ĤađratSahāranpūrī came, eating pilaf in Kāndhla and Gangoh was a sinbecause the people of Kāndhla and Gangoh believed it made onesuffer from thirst while fasting. Though since I started eatingwith Ĥađrat and was young, I ate pilaf in seĥr. For the past 10 to12 years the number of guests has increased so I eat pilaf, meat,and chappati in ifţār and also sweet rice in seĥr. Fresh chappatiwas made at Ĥađrat’s for seĥr, and he customarily drank tea atthat time. I don’t remember ever drinking tea for seĥr since Istayed awake the nights of Ramadan, though I have been unableto keep it up for the past 7 to 8 years. Sickness has now forcedme to forego everything.18. Ĥađrat prayed his Fajr shortly before sunrise in Ramadanand 10 to 12 minutes earlier in other months.19. It was Ĥađrat’s habit to perform aurād (uttered devotions)throughout the year between Fajr and sunrise in his roomexcept when it was hot. In that case, he sat and completed hisaurād on a straw-twined bed in the courtyard of the old school.He closed the doors of the room before he started the aurādand also performed his meditation at this time. His habit before55 An epic love story like that of Romeo and Juliet.117
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ1335/ 1916 was that he held his class for Bukhārī and Tirmidhī aftersunrise until noon. After 1335/ 1916, he wrote Badhl between 11a.m. to 12 p.m. throughout the year except in Ramadan, whenhe rested for an hour after sunrise. In the summer, he rested firstthen wrote Badhl between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. but in the winter hewrote Badhl first between 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. then rested until theadhān of Ẓuhr.20. Ĥađrat always led tarāwīĥ in Ramadan until two yearsbefore he passed away. After Ẓuhr, he recited the part which herecited in tarāwīĥ to Ĥāfiż Ĥusain Aĥmad Ajrārwī, who camespecifically for this purpose to Sahāranpūr. Sometimes I listenedto his part when Ĥāfiż Śāĥib wasn’t there, though I was in chargeof listening to Ĥađrat’s part after Ẓuhr while in Madina. WhenI returned from Hijāz and Badhl was completed, Ĥađrat recitedhis part after Ẓuhr to his wife. The same part recited after Ẓuhrwas repeated in voluntary śalāt and then in tarāwīĥ.21. Before Ĥađrat went for hajj in 1333/1914, he and my fatherrecited the same part to each other which Ĥađrat later recited intarāwīĥ. Ĥađrat never recited the Qur’an with anyone besidesmy father.22. I observed Ĥađrat reciting from the Qur’an only occasionally.23. I never knew Ĥađrat to miss the last ten days of i‘tikāf inhis life, with the exception of the last two years when he wasextremely ill. He performed i‘tikāf in Masjid Qadīm until thestudent dormitory was built in 1335/1916. He did not suspend hiswork on Badhl during the last ten days, instead whatever bookshe required were brought to the room near Masjid Kulthūmiyya.I took these books into the masjid after Fajr and returned themafter he finished studying. I never saw Ĥađrat perform i‘tikāfexcept for in the last ten days.24. I never observed any difference in Ĥađrat’s schedule betweenthe first twenty and the last ten days of Ramadan except that hewoke much earlier during the last ten days. I have already written,though briefly, in Fadā‘il-e-Ramađān that there was no noticeable118
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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