TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

Ramadan of the Eldersdifference in the daily routines between Ramadan and othermonths in my Ĥađrat and Ĥađrat Ĥakīm al-Ummat’s [ĤađratThānwī] khanqā. On the other hand, there was a clear differencebetween Shaikh al-Hind and Shaikh Raipūrī’s khanqā. I havealready mentioned this in Fadā‘il-e-Ramađān.Another noticeable difference besides that which has beenmentioned above was that Ĥađrat never read the newspaperin Ramadan [he did occasionally in other months]. In fact,besides the two years in which he recited with my father,Ĥađrat always carried beads in his hand, quietly reading hisaurād. The only time he talked was when one of the helpershad a question.Some people came to stay for 10 to 15 days, like Mutawwalī Jalīland Mutawwalī Riyāđ al-Islām. They came from Kāndhla andMīrat to spend Ramadan with Ĥađrat, but never performed i‘tikāfwith him in order to be able to spend Eid with their families. Inone place in Tadhkirat al-Khalīl, Ĥađrat’s Ramadan devotions arewritten as follows:Once the moon was sighted in the month of recitation andrevelation of Qur’an, Ĥażrat’s worship intensified. He recitedone and a quarter part in tarāwīĥ. He finished his rak‘a after eachsegment [rukū‘- every sura of Qura’n is divided into segmentsso that if one segment is recited in each rak‘a, the Qura’n will becompleted by the 27th of Ramadan-translator] and completed theQur’an on the 27th. After teaching in Mażāhir al-‘Ulūm, he ledtarāwīĥ in the masjid of the old school until the student dormitorywas built, after which he led the tarāwīĥ in the masjid of the studentdormitory and then for two years in the old school masjid. 56Many people came to listen to Ĥađrat’s Qur’an and many othersarrived from far-flung places to spend Ramadan with him. In fact,some ĥuffāż cancelled tarāwīĥ in their masjids in order to listen to56 After the student dormitory was built, my father led tarāwīĥ the first yearand then Ĥađrat until the last two years. During that time, Ĥađrat also performedhis i‘tikāf in the masjid of the student dormitory [Zakariyyā].119