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Ramadan of the EldersĤađrat has related his opinion on this subject in some detail. Oneof the things he mentioned is that the hadith says that Sūrat al-Ikhlāsis one third of the Qur’an, not that reciting it three times gainsthe reward of the whole Qur’an. Shāh Muĥammad ‘Ishāq made abrilliant point about this. He said that the hadith only indicates thata person gets the reward of one third of the Qur’an, meaning that byreciting it three times he gets the reward of three one thirds of theQur’an. And reciting one third of Qur’an three times does not meanreciting the whole Qur’an. It is like a person reciting ten parts threetimes; nobody is going to call this recitation of the whole Qur’an. 76All praise is to Allah u that we were able to gain some knowledgeof Ĥađrat Thānwī’s devotions for the month of Ramadan.There is a funny incident I would like to add here which hasalready been mentioned in Āp Bītī. As contemporaries, ĤađratThānwī and my father had a very open relationship and jokedwith each other quite often. I remember some of their momentstogether. Once, in Ramadan my father went as a guest to ĤađratThānwī’s. My father asked Ĥađrat, “What is your routine forifţār?” Ĥađrat replied, “Once the alarm [for ifţār] rings, I wait afew minutes for peace of mind.” On that day, many more thingswere prepared for ifţār because my father was visiting. My fatherlooked at his watch then at the sky and began eating, announcingto Ĥađrat matter-of-factly, “You can wait for your peace of mind.”All of my father’s helpers also put their hands in the food and beganto eat. Ĥađrat Thānwī and his helpers sat waiting. After one ortwo minutes, Ĥađrat commented, “By the time I get my ‘peace ofmind’ there will be nothing left.”After tarāwīĥ, Ĥađrat asked my father, “What is your routinefor seĥr?” My father replied, “I stop [eating] until I can’t tellwhether I am fasting or not [i.e. I eat to the last minute-translator][my father was exaggerating otherwise he stopped three to fourminutes before dawn- Zakariyyā].” Ĥađrat Thānwī said, “I stopone hour before dawn.” My father said, “You eat in your time I76 Ĥusn al-‘Azīz.139
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀwill eat in mine. I can’t fast for one and a half day.” Ĥađrat Thānwīreplied, “No, that’s not right. We will eat together. I’ll tell youwhat, you follow my routine for one day and be patient with meand I will do the same the next day for you.” It was finally decidedthey will start 45 minutes before dawn, eat for 15 to 20 minutes,and stop half an hour before dawn. 77When I had written what I remembered up to this point, theprincipal of our school [Mażāhir al-‘Ulūm] Shaikh al-ĤājjMuĥammad Asad Allāh [successor of Ĥađrat Thānwī] sent me anote that he knew some of the answers to the questions I sent toKhawāja ‘Azīz al Ĥasan. They are as follows:6. He performed ifţār with the gathering8. As far as I know, there was no difference [i.e. in the voluntaryśalāt after Maghrib] in Ramadan and outside of Ramadan.9. He prayed six rak‘as of voluntary śalāt sometimes whilesitting. I once asked, “Ĥađrat, why do you pray while sitting?” Hereplied, “So I don’t become arrogant.” He never let anyone fan himduring śalāt [as was the custom of some of the elders in that timetranslator].I asked him, “Why don’t you allow someone to fan youduring śalāt?” He replied, “It doesn’t seem right in worship.”18. There was no difference in Ramadan and the other months.Ĥađrat always prayed Fajr shortly before sunrise time.21. As far as I know, Ĥađrat never recited with anyone.22. As far as I can remember, he usually recited from the Qur’an.He knew the Qur’an inside out. I have only seen two people whosememorization was so good that no one could compete with themin this matter, Ĥađrat Thānwī and Qārī ‘Abd al-Khāliq.Once Ĥađrat said, “My routine in Ramadan is the same as inother months. Some of the elders have different habits in their ifţārin that that they break their fast with dates and Zamzam. My habitis to break fast with whatever is closer at the time of ifţār, whetherit is a date, Zamzam, warm water or guava.” 7877 Āp Bītī, v. 4.78 Ifāđāt-e-Yaumiyya.140
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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