TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

Ramadan of the Eldersroutine in two rak‘as and said, “Perform your seĥr, and if you getextra time then pray tahajjud individually.” After tahajjud, herested until Fajr, then woke up for Fajr and continued his dailyroutine of the night and day.Sometimes, Ĥađrat performed i‘tikāf. His i‘tikāf was either thelast ten days or for any three days. If and when Ĥađrat performedi‘tikāf, it rained blessings and illuminations [anwār]. Ĥađrat continuedhis routine of writing during i‘tikāf. In fact, he wrote Qaśdal-Sabīl during i‘tikāf in eight days and another book, al-Futūĥ fīmā Yata‘llaqu bi al-Rūĥ, during that same time.Once I [Muĥammad Muśtafā] came to Thāna Bhawan on the 28thof Ramadan. I thought Qur’an was completed since most masjids finishby the 27th. I also observed no difference in the look or feel ofthe masjid or in the ambience of the congregation to assume differently.So I was sure that the Qur’an had been completed. Coincidentally,Ĥađrat started tarāwīĥ with Sūrat al-Ďuĥā which confirmed myfeeling [that the Qur’an was completed] since the imam recited fromSūrat al-Ďuĥā the day after the Qur’an was completed in tarāwīĥ. Butwhen Ĥađrat recited bism Allāh loudly before Sūrat al-‘Alaq I thoughtmaybe he was completing Qur’an today. I later found that was true.After completion, Ĥađrat led with a du‘ā that was the same as thestandard du‘ā. Only one light kept the whole masjid illuminated, noother light was to be seen anywhere in the masjid [i.e. usually themasjids are decorated with colorful lighting on the day the Qur’an iscompleted- translator]. The number of people was the same as usualand no sweetmeat was distributed [all indications of Ĥađrat’s simplicity,adherence to the Sunna, and aversion to innovation-translator].One person requested Ĥađrat, “Ĥađrat, I wish to hand out sweetmeat” but Ĥađrat did not allow him and said, “Not today, but youcan do it tomorrow if you like.” Ĥađrat did not blow [for blessings]on henbane seeds and continued reciting from the first few ayas ofSūrat al-Baqara to hum al-mufliĥūn on the day he finished Qur’an.In another place, he writes Ĥađrat’s daily routine as follows:Ĥađrat usually wakes at midnight and occassionally in one sixthof the night or a little before or after for tahajjud. He mostly prayed135