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Ramadan of the EldersIf the bus was ready, I prayed my ‘Aśr in Bahit, but if it arrivedlate, I prayed ‘Aśr in the bus station masjid and then boarded thebus. The bus conductor got to know me well since I went everyday.If I came late, they [the conductor and driver] waited a couple ofminutes. When I reached Bahit, I prayed my śalāt and met Ĥađrat.By the grace of Allah u after some time, Allah u put somethingin the hearts of the bus people, that they would speed past Bahit,drop me off in front of Ĥađrat’s residence [the Kāngrū villa], andu-turn back to the bus station in Bahit to drop off the passengers.The drivers were both Muslim and non-Muslim [Sikh]. When thepassengers complained that the driver had passed Bahit and yelled,“We want to get off in Bahit, We want to get off in Bahit”, thedriver feigned ignorance as if he never heard them. After droppingme off, they would say, “A second or two won’t make a difference.This Shaikh has to walk a mile and a half on foot.” I would spendthe night at Ĥađrat’s and depart early in the morning after tea onthe first bus to Sahāranpūr. These reminiscences now bring tearsto my eyes.Anyhow, back to the discussion about Ramadan.I spent two and a half Ramadan’s with Ĥađrat. The first was in1379/ 1960 when Ĥađrat spent his Ramadan in Bahit house.Zakariyyā 83 recites his part, then arrives at Bahit house andprays his tarāwīĥ with Ĥađrat, then returns in the morning. Theilluminations and blessings of this Ramadan are unfathomable. Iwill always remember one incident. A place was made for me inthe corner of Ĥađrat’s private room. Brother Alţāf [may Allah ubless him] had put curtains around my place [as is common in themasjids for the people sitting in i‘tikāf ], and made it cozy with acomfortable bed, cushions and pillows. I quietly slipped behindthe curtain and sat on my bed and in Ĥađrat’s presence after ‘Aśr.Ĥađrat was mostly unaware of my presence [in the room]. Once,I came in as usual. Ĥađrat was taking medicine in the room andtwo or three helpers were standing around him. At that time, even83 Shaikh Zakariyyā habitually refers to himself in the third person.153
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀsomeone as blind as myself could feel the illuminations descendinglike rain across the room as if the sun was rising. I thought aboutthis for a long time, in fact, all the way to up to ‘Aśr time.Some people have so much blessing in their ifţār, you will notsee it in the fasting of millions of people. I never felt and saw theseilluminations before or after that ever again. Even now, when Ithink about that time, it fills me with joy. Ĥađrat insisted that Iinform him when I arrive in the room, but I told all the helpersand others [who wished to inform Ĥađrat of my presence] that itwould divert Ĥađrat’s attention. I became friends with my sincereand loving friend, al-Ĥāj Abū al-Ĥasan, this Ramadan. He enjoysnarrating the details of these first days of our budding friendshipevery now and then. I also remember many details of that timebut should I begin narrating them, it will easily fill up seven toeight sides. As they are irrelevant to the subject of Ramadan of ourelders I will note it down at some other time.This year, Ĥađrat’s affection for Shāh Masūd gave him the opportunityto lead tarāwīĥ, who recited beautifully and passionately. Hecompleted the Qur’an on the 25th, and different people led on theremaining four days. Tarāwīĥ began immediately after ‘Ishā timecame in [in Bahit House] and since Qārī Mużaffar led in the oldschool [in Sahāranpūr], I would catch two to four rak‘as behind himonce I prayed tarāwīĥ in Bahit house and returned to Sahāranpūr.In those days, I had to have tea after tarāwīĥ and never missed itfor anything. Toasted rice was always cooked in the house for aftertarāwīĥ and if anything else came in it was also presented at that time.Shaikh al-Ĥāj Abū al-Ĥasan ‘Alī Miāń and Sufi ‘Abd al-Ĥamīd, whois Sir Raĥīm Bakhsh’s nephew, also spent most of his Ramadan withĤađrat in Bahit House. It was routine for the devoted helpers tocome sit and drink tea with me after praying tarāwīĥ with Ĥađrat.My second Ramadan with Ĥađrat was Ĥađrat’s last Ramadan of1379/1962. Ĥađrat had insisted many months prior to Ramadan thatthe school and Bukhārī will go on, but we will not always be around.So, please come for Ramadan. From that point on, I made it my habitto leave immediately after Jumu‘a [skipping lunch] for Raipūr. I154
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Chapter five 15The Ramadan of Ĥađ
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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