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

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ
address of appreciation on behalf of the Muslims of Reunion. At
the airport, Ĥađrat’s helpers and a large crowd prayed Maghrib
with Ĥađrat. Then, Ĥađrat boarded South African Airlines on the
19th of Sha‘bān/21st of June, arriving at Durban Airport at 9:15
p.m local time.
Arrival at Durban
The news of Ĥađrat’s arrival spread throughout the country like
wildfire. People longed to see and meet with Ĥađrat and many
people had grown beards in anticipation. The fervor for Dīn was
like never before, each minute and second being counted for Ĥađrat
to arrive. Now as Ĥađrat was about to arrive, people sat eagerly
waiting. It was the time to fulfill the yearning in their hearts, to light
the fire of love of Allah u and to gain success of the material world
and Hereafter. Thousands of people yearned for just one glimpse
of Ĥađrat. Ĥađrat’s honorable successor, Muftī Maĥmūd Gangohī
had also come to receive Ĥađrat at the request of the local people to
teach them the proprieties and correct way of gaining blessings from
the elders. A large group of Muftī Maĥmūd’s murīds was originally
from South Africa. Two lifts carried Ĥađrat Shaikh with his
wheelchair off the airplane and into the airport. Ĥađrat’s main hosts,
Shaikh Yūsuf Tutlā, ‘Abd al-Khāliq Desai, Brother Pādia and other
respected members of the Durban community were at the airport
to receive Ĥađrat. Muftī Maĥmūd led everyone in du‘ā, and then
Ĥađrat departed with his helpers to Shaikh Yūsuf Tutlā’s residence.
Before Ĥađrat’s arrival, posters had already been posted everywhere
highlighting Ĥađrat’s schedule. The schedule is as follows:
• individual daily devotions after Fajr, then rest
• breakfast at 9 a.m.
• a talk by Muftī Maĥmūd from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.
• Lunch after Ẓuhr, then rest
• public gathering after ‘Aśr
• Khatm-e-khawājagān after Maghrib followed by gathering of
dhikr
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