TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀeight rak‘as, but sometimes more and sometimes less. In Ramadan,he usually recited one part but sometimes more in tahajjud. WhenĤađrat prayed tahajjud, it seemed as if a ray of light like the lightof dawn ascended upwards and white-colored flames flickered inĤađrat’s limbs then rose towards the sky. 70Ĥađrat wrote an essay [look in first volume of Ĥusn al-‘Azīz inMalfūżāt section about Ramadan of 1334/ July, 1916] in which heexplains why he changed his mode of dealing with people, beinga disciplinarian at first but later adopting an exhortative style. Inthis essay, he writes:The blessed month of Ramadan came with all its blessings andilluminations. My relations and communication with people isalmost completely cut off in this month, especially this year, sinceI have become extremely sick and have discharged my Jumu‘a talksand tarāwīĥ śalāt to others. Also, I have not started teaching any newlessons as I did in the previous Ramadan, neither did I prescribedhikr and ashgāl to the murīds as I did last year. In this way, thisyear my Ramadan was truly reclusive, in which I had little contactwith anybody. This is why it seemed better to implement this newresolution from this Ramadan. Thus, starting with the name ofAllah u I change my mode from disciplinary to exhortation andask for Allah’s u help in this regard.In another place, he says:I eat a little less in ifţār so that I may eat fully at the time ofseĥr.He also said:I eat extra foods, things like mango etc. after tarāwīĥ so I don’thave difficulty in śalāt. Sometimes, someone sends mangoes orphaluriāń [type of food] and then Ramadan is a month when avariety of dishes are cooked at home. In one hadith it says, it is amonth in which the sustenance of a believer is increased. 71He further writes:70 Ma‘mūlāt-e-Ashrafī.71 Shu‘b al-Īmān, Fađā’il Shahr Ramađān | Kanz al-‘Ummāl, fī Fađl Śaum SharRamađān.136