TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀstarted eating. Dinner was formal with rice and meat and thensweet rice. The workers and organizers ate after the people ini‘tikāf and then wrapped up the mats.Private Gathering After Maghrib and Bai‘aThe private gathering was ½ hour before ‘Ishā. Ĥađrat meditatedduring this time in the gathering and those gathered also sat inmeditation.Newcomers came for bai‘a to Ĥađrat a short while after thisgathering. Approximately thirty to forty people took bai‘a withĤađrat every day. Maulwī Iĥśān al-Ĥaqq [teacher at Madrasa‘Arabiyya [Raiwind, Pakistan]] stood up on behalf of Ĥađrat andannounced,Those who wish to take bai‘a with Ĥađrat take note of thefollowing rules:1 Please do not make bai‘a in blind imitation of others.Only take bai‘a if you have previously intended to do so.2 Those who have already taken bai‘a with any of therighteous shaikhs who are alive should not take bai‘a. Afterthis, those who wish to take bai‘a should quietly repeat thefollowing after me.Then, Ĥađrat said the words of bai‘a and Maulwī Iĥśānrepeated it loudly for everyone to hear. The people takingbai‘a repeated the words quietly.The feelings that swept the heart at that time, the state ofthe heart and strength of īmān achieved, and the effect thewords of bai‘a had on the heart can only be understood bythose who took the bai‘a. They cried and wished for onething only and that was to adhere to the Shari‘a. Some evenlost control and broke down in tears.The Words of Bai‘aleader, – There is no God but Allah u and our الاله اال الله محمد رسول اللهthe Blessed Prophet s is a true prophet of Allah u. We believe in54