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Ramadan of the Elderswould tell the people in charge to prepare my bed next to theirs.I always slept close by my father anyhow. I never saw anyone cryand sob the way they [Shaikh Yaĥyā and Shaikh al-Islām] did,like a child when he gets a beating. Ĥađrat Shaikh al-Islām evenrecited Hindi couplets when he cried. I have also heard that oncethe the doors of Ĥađrat Shaikh Gangohī’s room were shut afterŻuhr, the sound of his crying and sobbing could be heard fromthe courtyard.Devotions of Shaikh Muĥammad IlyāsI have narrated many stories of my uncle, Shaikh MuĥammadIlyās, in different chapters of Āp Bītī, but presently the subject isRamadan. My uncle’s routine in Ramadan, as preserved in thenarrations of Kāndhla, was that he ate whatever was available atthe time of ifţār. Tea, though, was necessary. He ate little and hisfood was not like your father’s. I suddenly remembered this wordingof the hadith from Abū Dāwūd. It is narrated in Abū Dāwūd thatthe Blessed Prophet s said, that if the food is brought at the timewhen the congregation is about to stand for ‘Ishā, then one shouldeat first. The commentary of this hadith and other such mattersare for the commentaries, I just mentioned it because it suddenlycame to mind. Once, someone asked Ibn ‘Umar g,“We have heardthat the Blessed Prophet s said if the food is brought when thecongregation for ‘Ishā is about to stand, then one should eat first.”He couldn’t believe that the Blessed Prophet s would say such athing because if the person went to eat he is going to miss his śalāt.Ibn ‘Umar g responded, “Woe to you, do you think their dinner waslike your father’s?” 89 In other words, they didn’t have a variety ofdishes and long mats like your father, all they had was two or threedates and one or two bowls of barley. This was exactly what myuncle’s dinner was like. He ate one or half a chappati only. Anyhow,after ifţār he prayed Maghrib. After Maghrib, he prayed voluntaryśalāt, which was extremely long [a habit he had acquired from89 Abū Dāwūd, idhā Ĥađarat al-Śalāt wa al-‘Ashā.167
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀchildhood]. In the month of Ramadan, his voluntary śalāt finishedshortly before the adhān of ‘Ishā. Once he finished the voluntaryśalāt he laid down for a little while and then the helpers massagedhim. After he rested for ½ hour, it would be time for ‘Ishā. He ledtarāwīĥ himself and layed down immediately after. There was nogathering or discussion of any kind at this time. He said many times,“After saying the salām of witr, I fall asleep before my head touchesthe pillow.”I have a ravenous appetite so when I came to meet him in theblessed month, I had to have my ifţār immediately after tarāwīĥ.There had to be phulkiāń in the ifţār and if some friends broughtany fruits or anything else, we ate that at this time. In that time,my uncle sat with us for a little while, but I insisted that he leave[for his comfort]. Despite that, he still sat for 15 to 20 minutes.It was routine for him to wake up at 12 a.m. By the time he hadtended to his personal needs and performed ablution the helpersboiled two eggs and gave them to him once he came out. When heate them, he stood for tahajjud and continued praying until shortlybefore seĥr, at which time he would partake of seĥr. It was typicalof my uncle and I have seen it numerous times: with a morsel offood in his right hand, he would tell one of the helpers to bringhim water and the other to go and call the adhān. He would finishthe morsel and the glass of water a second before the caller startedthe adhān.And I may have written the caprifig 90 story numerous times, whichis that one of our relatives was an imam in Dehli. He thought thatsince Shaikh Ilyās was the shaikh of Dehli, he must get a lot of goodfood sent to him during the month of Ramadan. He came to ShaikhIlyās to spend the night at his place. At ifţār time, Ĥađrat asked,“Is there anything to eat?” People said,“Only the caprifigs from last night Ĥađrat.” He replied,“Great, bring them.” The caprifigs became the ifţār and dinner afterMaghrib. Ĥađrat asked in seĥr, “Is there anything?” People said,90 A type of wild fig.168
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Chapter five 15The Ramadan of Ĥađ
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The first BookThe Ramadan of Shaikh
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Chapter twoĤađrat Shaikh [Shaikh
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Chapter threeThe Ramadan with Ĥađ
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