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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
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀĤađrat. Ĥađrat recited in a medium tone and paused at each aya inorder to enable listeners to understand each and every word.Since Ĥađrat had memorized Qur’an at an older age and wasdeeply engrossed during recitation, he occasionally stumbled,but never recited incorrectly. If he stopped suddenly as happenswhen reciting in tarāwīĥ or he confused two assimilated ayas[mutashābihāt], one of the ĥuffāż quickly corrected him. If hewas corrected wrongly, he ignored the incorrection and thencorrected the mistake himself or was picked up by anotherĥāfiż. In any case, Ĥađrat never got irritated with one whomistakenly corrected him [as often happens in tarāwīĥ]; buton the contrary, he reassured [the embarassed ĥāfiż who hadincorrectly tried to rectify his recitation] him, saying that, “Ifthe recitor can make a mistake then why can’t the listener?It’s only understandable that if the listener is mistaken he willcorrect the recitor wrongly.”Ĥađrat led tarāwīĥ most of his life until he was seventy. Afterthat, he could continue no longer. He would say, “I bow and thinkI will never be able to stand for the next rak‘a, but then I forcemyself up for the next rak‘a. In every rak‘a [in tarāwīĥ], I feel as ifI am going to fall in every rak‘a and standing up from prostrationis harder than climbing a high mountain.” Still, he led tarāwīĥfor two years in this manner and struggled to lead tarāwīĥ for aslong as possible. In the end when he became extremely weak, hefinally stopped. In place of tarāwīĥ, he listened to others and spentall his free time reciting Qur’an. In Ramadan, he recited Qur’animmediately after sunrise until 11 a.m. 57This whole routine of Ĥađrat as compiled by his biographer,Shaikh Mīratī, is before he began his work on Badhl. It was Ĥađrat’shabit to recite one part after Żuhr to Ĥāfiż Ĥussain, who came forthis purpose every Ramadan, as has been mentioned previously.After ‘Aśr until ifţār, he stayed in the old school, and his helpersgathered around him at the time [it was a silent gathering]. I saw57 Tadhkirat al-Khalīl.120
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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