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Ramadan of the EldersDevotions of Shaikh Rashīd Aĥmad GangohīAt the time when writing Āp Bītī [part 6] I narrated the devotionsof Ĥađrat Gangohī under the section of exhaustive devotions.It is beneficial to reproduce that specific portion considering itsrelevance to the subject at hand.Another thing written regarding the exhaustive devotions ofĤađrat Gangohī was that people pitied him when they saw hisdevotions. When he was over seventy years old, he was performingworship almost all the time, fasting the whole day [when it wasextremely hot in India-translator] and praying twenty instead ofsix rak‘as of voluntary śalāt after Maghrib. And the least he recitedduring this time was two parts of Qur’an. Also, his bowing andprostration were so long that people thought he was suffering fromamnesia. After the voluntary śalāt, he completed many parts on hisway home and while at home to eat. After a short while, he leftfor ‘Ishā and tarāwīĥ, which took from one to one and a quarterhour. After tarāwīĥ, he rested anywhere between 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.and woke up without fail at 2:30 a.m. In fact, some of his helperssaw him performing ablution at 1 a.m. in the morning. Duringthis time, he prayed tahajjud for 2½ to 3 hours. If anyone of thehelpers came by at seĥr at 5:30 a.m. or so, they found he was stillpraying. After Fajr, he read his aurād and did his meditation untilsunrise. He then prayed the post-sunrise śalāt and rested for a fewhours. When the mail came in, he was busy again writing fatwasand responding to letters. He rested [qailūla] after the pre-noonśalāt. After Ẓuhr, the doors to his room were closed and he recitedQur’an until ‘Aśr.Despite his old age, enfeebled state, and the severe pain due tosciatica 62 which forced him to stop for rest as he walked from thebathroom to his room [though it was only fifteen to sixteen steps],he prayed not only his obligatory śalāt but all his voluntary śalātstanding, and for hours on end. His helpers begged him numerous62 Pain along the course of a sciatic nerve or its branches and especially in theleg caused by compression, inflammation, or reflex mechanisms; broadly, pain inthe lower back, buttocks, hips, or adjacent parts. [Merriam-Webster]125
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀtimes, “Ĥađrat, you can pray your tarāwīĥ sitting.” But Ĥađrat’sonly answer to this was, “This is a sign of faintheartedness.” Whatstrength, Allah u is Glorified [subĥān Allāh]! Once cannot becomea true successor of the one who said, “Should I not be a gratefulperson,” [the Blessed Prophet s] without such strength of īmān. Every type of worship was increased in the month of Ramadan,but the way he exerted him in reciting Qur’an was unbelievable;he didn’t even spare time to talk while going to and from themasjid and home. Within the śalāt and otherwise, he completedapproximately half a Qur’an each day. The night before the first dayof Ramadan he would announce to the gathering, “The gatheringis dismissed from today onwards. What a pity if a man wastes theblessed month of Ramadan.” His diet despite all this worship anddevotion was barely more than five kilos of wheat for the wholemonth of Ramadan.In another place in Tadhkirat al-Rashīd, Ĥakīm ‘Isĥāq Nahturī,successor of Shaikh Gangohī, noted the devotions of ĤađratGangohī. He writes:He came out late from his private room in the month of Ramadan.In the winter, he usually came out at about 10 a.m. His voluntaryśalāt, recitation of Qur’an, meditation, and silence exceeded that ofother days. He slept, rested and talked very little. After Maghrib, hesecluded himself for a short while, then came to eat. He led the tarāwīĥin the beginning of Ramadan but stood behind his son, Maulwī ĤāfiżĤakīm Muĥammad Mas‘ūd Aĥmad, in the last part. After witr, heprayed two long rak‘as while standing. From a few words I overheard,I understood that he recited Sūrat al-Mulk, Sura Sajda, and Sūrat al-Dukhān in these two rak‘as. He also fasted most of the first ten days ofDhu al-Ĥijja, the 10th of Muĥarram, and half the month of Sha‘bān.My father narrated the incident many times:“In the last Ramadan of Ĥađrat’s life, I led him in tarāwīĥ [ĤakīmMas‘ūd had excused himself for some reason].” My father often said,“Many days prior to Ramadan Ĥađrat started saying that, ‘ĤakīmMasūd is unable to lead, who is going to lead us in tarāwīĥ?’” Myfather said,126
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Chapter five 15The Ramadan of Ĥađ
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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Chapter twoĤađrat Shaikh [Shaikh
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