TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ• Recite Sūrat al-Inshirāĥ counting each reading on a seed.• Repeat والقوة اال بالله الملجأ والمنجأ من الله اال اليه ‏,الحول each reading countedon a seed.• Complete the khatm with śalāt and salām three times• After the khatm, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Ĥāfiż Makkī read the du‘āaloud as those praying said āmīn. After du‘ā, everyone, while inthe state of ablution, took out their tasbīĥs and faced the qibla.The gathering of dhikr was attended by people from the generalpublic, murīds, devotees, successors and elders. Most of thepeople were those who performed the twelve tasbīĥ.The method of twelve tasbīĥ [also called dawāzda tasbīĥ] is asfollows:• Sit cross-legged while in the state of purity and facing theqibla• Read the śalāt and salām eleven times and Sūrat al-Ikhlās twelvetimes beginning each time with bismi Allāh, sending the rewardupon the elders of the four lines [Chishtiyya, Suharwardiyya,Naqshbandiyya, Qādiriyya]• Say lā Ilāha illa Allāh 200 times. Complete the kalima after everyten times [i.e., read the whole kalima]• Say illa Allāh 400 times• Say Allāhu Allāh 600 times• Say Allāh 100 times‘Twelve tasbīĥ’ is the Chishtiyya term for this methodologyotherwise it actually comes to thirteen tasbīĥ.The whole masjid resounded with the chanting of dhikr at thistime. The dhākirīn chanted the dhikr fervently and impassionately,deeply engrossed in lā ilāha illa Allāh, Allāhu Allāh, and illa Allāh.The dhikr of some was loud and forceful. This dhikr gatheringcontinued for approximately one hour after which most wentto sleep for a short while. After they awoke, they either recitedQur’an or completed their aurād. Within this time the adhān of ‘Aśrwas called and people stood in the rows to pray their Sunna. Śalāt66