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Chapter Nine devotions). Therefore, dhikr and ashgāl became my sole mission and this is why despite my weakness and busy daily devotions, I travel to Pakistan and London and wherever else I am promised a khanqā will be established. Whatever my condition, I try my best to make it. I wish, by the grace of Allah u that this work spreads; and if this was what Ĥađrat [Gangohī] meant to say [in the dream], then maybe I will be successful in the Hereafter.” Another beautiful dream Ĥađrat saw is reproduced from his diary below: Zakariyyā saw in his dream that a man by the name of Walī Allāh is being summoned to the Blessed Prophet s and is told, “Go tell Zakariyyā, you are chosen as the Quţb al-Aqţāb.” He should think of himself as Quţb al-Aqţāb and inform the people of this also. I thought in the dream that maybe Walī Allāh refers to Shāh Walī Allāh Dehlawī. I felt that the reason he was called to inform me was because it sometimes crossed my mind that Shāh Śāĥib [Shāh Walī Allāh] calls himself, nātik-e-Daurāń (speaker of the time) and mujtami‘ al-majma‘ (embodiment of the gathering) and ascribes such high titles to himself in his writings. I always asked myself why he attributed such titles to himself. Finally, the dream corrected my misgivings and it became clear to me that Shāh Śāĥib did not do it of his own accord but was actually told to ascribe these lofty titles to himself. Anyhow, these dreams and glad tidings only increased the responsibility Ĥađrat had put on himself. Thus, he concentrated all his efforts and time towards this one objective. Despite his old age, weakness, ailments and his aversion to traveling, he began travelling far and wide to fulfill this noble cause. Coincidentally, he saw this dream at the end of the 14th century, making his first journey at the dawn of the 15th century to one of the furthest outreaches of the earth [South Africa]. ĤaĎrat’s Journeys and Why They Were Made One thing should be understood here and that is that Ĥađrat does not travel anywhere upon someone’s request or insistence, his deci- 85
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ sions rely on istikhāra and the unseen signs from Allah u. It was his habit that when Allah u put an inclination in his heart for any place he began istikhāra for that place from the first of Muĥarram to the month of Rajab [7 months]. During this time [7 months] glad tidings, unseen signs, and dreams clear his path and remove all doubts, and then he finally decides to go with peace of mind and inner happiness. Therefore, once Ĥađrat asked his successor and the head Muftī of ‘Dār al-‘Ulūm Deoband, Muftī Maĥmūd Gangohī, “Muftī jī, was there any benefit in me going to London?” Muftī Śāĥib immediately responded, “Why are you asking me Ĥađrat? Ask the one who sent you there.” Tears welled up in Ĥađrat’s eyes. Journey to South Africa For some time, Ĥađrat has made it his mission in life to revive the umma through the work of taśawwuf. The main and most beneficial time for this was the blessed month of Ramadan when guests came and spent time with Ĥađrat. Most of his Ramadan were spent in Sahāranpūr where hundreds of people came for i‘tikāf and purified their hearts [this whole arrangment began and was continuous from Ramadan of 1365\July, 1946] though he was fortunate to spend some Ramadan in the Blessed Precincts as well. Aside from these two places, Ĥađrat had never spent Ramadan anywhere else. After he was instated to the honored position of Quţb al-Aqţāb, he set his sights on rectifying the Muslim world and began planning and working on how to establish the line of dhikr in every continent. A large group of Ĥađrat’s successors who came every year to Ĥađrat in Sahāranpūr from South Africa often requested that he visit them also. For some time, Ĥađrat also seemed inclined towards going to South Africa, though he had not made any final decisions and it seemed unlikely considering his frailty and ailments. But who knows the secrets of Allah u to understand His ability to use anyone in any condition He wishes for His Dīn. One of Ĥađrat’s devoted helpers, Shaikh Muĥammad Tutlā campaigned the most and would say that if Ĥađrat came to South Africa even once, the illuminations of īmān 86
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