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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