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Ramadan of the Eldersthe masjid due to the noise and large number of people in i‘tikāf.The half and hour rest he gained in the house was not possible inthe masjid. Therefore along with all the devotions and worship,Ĥađrat had little time for rest while in i‘tikāf.In the last ten days the crowd was massive, even the streetleading to the masjid was full. As the numbers grew, the numberof notes placed under the rug and the people who wished totake bai‘a also increased. The murīds and seekers of the path whowished to explain their spiritual situations and get instructionsfrom Ĥađrat was the largest group waiting on Ĥađrat. Toaccommodate them, they were given numbers. As the the numberwas called out, the respective person went in. The departees whowished to meet Ĥađrat after Fajr was also very large. Once Ĥađrathad shaken hands with all of them he went into his quarter. Afterhe rested for a short time, while others slept after a whole nightof worship and devotion, Ĥađrat quietly tiptoed his way to thebathroom and started his devotions after ablution.The number of people on the night of 27th of Ramadan, oftenthought to be the night of Qadr, was greater than on any othernight of Ramadan. The number of notes coming in before Ẓuhrhas also increased and the bottles brought in [to be blown into]surrounded Ĥađrat’s praying area. As Ĥađrat raised his hands fordu‘ā after tahajjud, the whole masjid began weeping and crying.Ĥađrat’s own spiritual state, his liveliness and passion, was suchthat it simply cannot be put in words.On that night, people were discussing the night of Qadr inĤađrat’s gathering. I [Shaikh ‘Abd al- Ĥamīd] asked,“The friends of Allah u can feel when it is the night of Qadr.Allah u knows best which day it was on this year.”Ĥađratreplied,“In my view, it was on the 23rd.” After the moonsighting on the30th [Wednesday], Ĥađrat left for his residence after Maghrib. Onthe night of Eid, Ĥađrat led everyone in the longest tahajjud of theholy month. Ĥađrat led the Eid śalāt at 9 a.m. the next morning.151
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀThe devotions of Shāh ‘Abd al-Qādir RaipūrīMany incidences about Shāh ‘Abd al-Qādir Raipūrī are relatedin Āp Bītī. I have spent more time with Ĥađrat Madanī and Shāh‘Abd al-Qādir Raipūrī than with any other amongst the elders;their affections and love for me are beyond my ability to puton paper. Hundreds of people are still witness to their specialrelations with me. Many people insisted I start working on theirbiographies, but I was so preoccupied with academic work thatI could think of nothing else at that time even if I wanted to.Now, as I sit idle, the academic work at a halt due to my illness, Iremember the events and incidents of the lives of the elders andI cry.My beloved, my master, Shaikh al-Islām, Shaikh Madanī neverasked me to spend time in Ramadan with him, but I could tell byhis demeanor that that was his wish. And my spiritual benefactorand mentor Ĥađrat Raipūrī in his last years not only said it butinsisted that I spend time in Ramadan with him. Though until hisdeath my academic work 82 [knowledge is the greatest hindrance] was sooverwhelming that I could not tolerate anything coming in its way.Perhaps I have already mentioned somewhere in Āp Bītī thatduring the last few years Ĥađrat was so inundated with lovefor me that our separation was difficult for him to bear. When Iwished to return to Sahāranpūr after one or two days in Raipūr,and pardoned myself that I would have to postpone my Bukhārīclass, Ĥađrat occasionally said [and when I remember his words, itbrings tears to my eyes] “You can teach Bukhārī any time you want,but we are not going to be here forever.”When Ĥađrat’s sickness became worse and he settled in Bahitso his personal physician could visit him as needed, Ĥađrat’s loveled me to my habit of leaving straight for the bus station from theschool after teaching Abū Dāwūd [which was in the second hour ofthe afternoon].82 ‘Academic work’ should not mistaken as purely academic but rather thatĤađrat was writing a commentary of the Muwaţţa’ of Imam Mālik, which wasa work of Dīn and a major service to Islam.152
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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