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the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀextra effort and kept himself in the state of ablution throughouthis journey.On this trip, he stayed in the Blessed Precincts for eight months[including the month of Ramadan]. Before Ramadan, Ĥađrat haddecided he was going to spend half the month in Makka and theother half in Madina. Ĥađrat writes in his Āp Bītī:‘Alī Miāń and I departed from Madina on Sunday the 20th ofNovember [29th of Sha‘bān] at about 3 a.m. [9 a.m.]. Since Rābiţatal-‘Ālam al-Islāmī 30 had provided ‘Alī Miāń with a car, we went inhis car to Makka and arrived in Madrasa Śaulatiyya at 10:30 a.m.[4:30 p.m. 31 ] and prayed ‘Aśr. Most of the other friends came withDr. Ismā‘īl and Malik ‘Abd al-Ĥaqq in their car. As is my habit, Istayed in the Blessed Precinct from Maghrib to ‘Ishā . We had onlyfinished ‘Ishā and returned to Madrasa Śaulatiyya when we heardshots ring out [announcing the beginning of Ramadan]. We weretold that the custom was to fire shots to inform everyone of thestart of Ramadan and that tarāwīĥ would begin half an hour after‘Ishā. Despite that, when we rushed to the Blessed Precinct afterattending to our personal needs and ablution, we found we hadalready missed two rak‘as of tarāwīĥ. The tradition in both theBlessed Precincts is that two ĥuffāż lead the tarāwīĥ, each recitinghalf a part of Qur’an. After tarāwīĥ and dinner, it was my habitthat I would go to Tan‘īm [for ‘umra] and perform one ‘umraevery day. Sometimes I would be accompanied by ‘Alī Miāń, buthe usually performed his ‘umra during the day. I stayed in Makkafor fifteen days and departed for Madina on Wednesday, the 24thof November [15th of Ramadan].”Daily programIn Makka, Ĥađrat stayed in Madrasa Śaulatiyya during the day and atBrother Sa‘dī’s house at night. Everyone rested after Fajr in Brother30 The World Muslim League.31 In Saudi Arabia, the timetable was set according to the new Islamic dayafter Maghrib [sunset], which brings a difference of six hours between Sauditime and GMT.42