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

Chapter Nine
dhikr reverberated everywhere, creating a wonderful and ecstatic
feeling that made the dhākirīn oblivious of everything besides
Allah u. The effect of the gatherings of dhikr attended by hundreds
of people is indescribable; this is in addition to the spiritual aura
that can only be felt by the people of spiritual insight [baśīra] that
draped the attendees in its folds. The effect and benefit of Ĥađrat’s
visit and stay here are so great they can neither be expressed in
words nor put in writing. Below some of the glad tidings about
this event are reproduced for the benefit of the reader:
Some glad tidings about the journey to South Africa
On the 27th of Rajab, 1401 Hijri/May 30, 1981, one of the elders
went by the blessed grave of the Blessed Prophet s, said the śalāt
and salām, and requested that du‘ā be made for Ĥađrat’s health and
his journey to South Africa. He suddenly saw the Blessed Prophet
s standing and the sun rising from the other side of the horizon.
The Blessed Prophet s said, “He [Ĥađrat Shaikh] is the key of
truth”, then added,
اِنَّهُ‏ مِفْتَاحُ‏ اْلقُلُوبِ‏ وَبِرُ‏ ؤْيَتِهِ‏ تَنْجَ‏ لِي الْ‏ ‏َقَائِقُ‏
He is the key of the hearts and the realities are manifest through him.
After some time, he raised his blessed hands and supplicated,
اَلَّهُمَّ‏ مَظْ‏ هَرَ‏ الْ‏ ‏َقَّ‏ بِالْ‏ ‏َقِّ‏ أَظْهِرِ‏ بِهِ‏ الْ‏ ‏َقَّ‏
Oh, the One who manifests truth through the truth! Make the truth
evident through him [Ĥađrat].
The Blessed Prophet s read this du‘ā three times loudly.
On the 28th of Ramadan, Shaikh Muĥammad Sulaimān Pāndor
saw the Blessed Prophet s in his dream. The Blessed Prophet s
looked over the whole masjid [Stanger Masjid] and saw two places
empty near Ĥađrat’s quarters. The Blessed Prophet s objected
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