TheRamadan of Shaykh Al-Hadith Ml ZakariyyaKandelwi by Dr Muhammad Ismail Memon Madani

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Chapter Nine the Blessed Prophet’s s green dome in Madina. He is on his way somewhere when someone stopped him saying, “Najīb Allāh, listen! Somebody is calling out from the minaret.” He asked, “Who is it?” Then he himself came by the minaret and heard someone saying, “Ni‘m al-‘abd, ni‘m al-‘abd” (what a great servant, what a great servant!). He began climbing the skyscraping minaret. As he was about to reach the top he heard, “Ni‘m al-‘abd, Zakariyyā” (what a great servant Zakariyyā is!). He was about to climb higher when he thought, “what if Ĥađrat calls me.” As he was about to turn back he woke up. One quick look at the Arrangements Before narrating the details of Ĥađrat’s journey, it is appropriate to say a few words about the sincere workers, their fervor and sacrifice, who made the whole event possible. This is just one way of letting them know our appreciation for and recognition of their hard work; as the hadith says, “Whoever is not grateful to the people is not grateful to Allah u” 49 and also to inform others of their sincerity and love for the Dīn of Allah u. As the readers know, the masjid was spacious and big but as the gathering and number of visitors grew [especially during the weekends when the number exceeded 7,000 people], there was need for additional accommodations. Therefore, three tents, each accommodating 3,000 people, were pitched on three sides of the masjid. Also, a large building adjacent to the masjid was allocated for the accommodations, including food and drink for guests who visited during the weekend as well as for the 100 volunteers who served the guests daily. In preparation and expectation of a large inflow of guests, fifty faucets, twelve bathrooms, and four baths were added to the existing fifty faucets, twelve bathrooms and two baths. Four pre-existing baths with only cold water supply were 49 Tirmidhī, mā Jā’ fi al-Shukr 93
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ provided with hot water through two large water tanks that were installed nearby. Two men were permanently assigned to maintain the heat of the water in the tanks twenty-fours a day. A wireless system was also installed to sustain the crowd especially during the weekend. Also, an information center staffed with a physician from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. was opened temporarily near the masjid, which provided first aid and medications. A public phone was also set up by the masjid. May Allah u reward the imam, who temporarily resigned from his administrative duties and also vacated his fourroom house for the guests. Besides Qāđī who stayed the whole month, 10 to 15 other special guests were also accommodated in the imam’s house. Another major issue was parking space. Though the parking area around the masjid accommodated as many as one hundred and fifty cars, it was nevertheless inadequate, since most people keep cars here [as they have a difficult time getting around without one]. However, the question was where to find space for people to park their cars? The line-up of cars was approximately half a mile long, though five cars would be parked against each other on the sides and middle of the road. The government designated the whole road as parking space and assigned traffic control police to cordon off the area from general traffic. Despite all these measures, parking space was still lacking. For Ĥađrat’s comfort, a small room was built with a permanent commode next to Ĥađrat’s quarters which made it easy for Ĥađrat to attend to his personal needs. Another room furnished with a kitchen and hot and cold water supply was built next to Ĥađrat’s room for his helpers. The arrangement for seĥr and ifţār and food and drink of the guests was superb. The volunteers truly showed their open-heartedness and hospitality in this matter. Even the guests became embarrassed sometimes. Ĥađrat constantly emphasized the importance of taking care of the guests and reminded them of Chacha Sa‘di’s invitation of Shirāz. The helpers went out of their way to serve and care for the guests and often humbly admitted they never 94
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