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Ramadan of the Elders Ĥađrat has related his opinion on this subject in some detail. One of the things he mentioned is that the hadith says that Sūrat al-Ikhlās is one third of the Qur’an, not that reciting it three times gains the reward of the whole Qur’an. Shāh Muĥammad ‘Ishāq made a brilliant point about this. He said that the hadith only indicates that a person gets the reward of one third of the Qur’an, meaning that by reciting it three times he gets the reward of three one thirds of the Qur’an. And reciting one third of Qur’an three times does not mean reciting the whole Qur’an. It is like a person reciting ten parts three times; nobody is going to call this recitation of the whole Qur’an. 76 All praise is to Allah u that we were able to gain some knowledge of Ĥađrat Thānwī’s devotions for the month of Ramadan. There is a funny incident I would like to add here which has already been mentioned in Āp Bītī. As contemporaries, Ĥađrat Thānwī and my father had a very open relationship and joked with each other quite often. I remember some of their moments together. Once, in Ramadan my father went as a guest to Ĥađrat Thānwī’s. My father asked Ĥađrat, “What is your routine for ifţār?” Ĥađrat replied, “Once the alarm [for ifţār] rings, I wait a few minutes for peace of mind.” On that day, many more things were prepared for ifţār because my father was visiting. My father looked at his watch then at the sky and began eating, announcing to Ĥađrat matter-of-factly, “You can wait for your peace of mind.” All of my father’s helpers also put their hands in the food and began to eat. Ĥađrat Thānwī and his helpers sat waiting. After one or two minutes, Ĥađrat commented, “By the time I get my ‘peace of mind’ there will be nothing left.” After tarāwīĥ, Ĥađrat asked my father, “What is your routine for seĥr?” My father replied, “I stop [eating] until I can’t tell whether I am fasting or not [i.e. I eat to the last minute-translator] [my father was exaggerating otherwise he stopped three to four minutes before dawn- Zakariyyā].” Ĥađrat Thānwī said, “I stop one hour before dawn.” My father said, “You eat in your time I 76 Ĥusn al-‘Azīz. 139
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ will eat in mine. I can’t fast for one and a half day.” Ĥađrat Thānwī replied, “No, that’s not right. We will eat together. I’ll tell you what, you follow my routine for one day and be patient with me and I will do the same the next day for you.” It was finally decided they will start 45 minutes before dawn, eat for 15 to 20 minutes, and stop half an hour before dawn. 77 When I had written what I remembered up to this point, the principal of our school [Mażāhir al-‘Ulūm] Shaikh al-Ĥājj Muĥammad Asad Allāh [successor of Ĥađrat Thānwī] sent me a note that he knew some of the answers to the questions I sent to Khawāja ‘Azīz al Ĥasan. They are as follows: 6. He performed ifţār with the gathering 8. As far as I know, there was no difference [i.e. in the voluntary śalāt after Maghrib] in Ramadan and outside of Ramadan. 9. He prayed six rak‘as of voluntary śalāt sometimes while sitting. I once asked, “Ĥađrat, why do you pray while sitting?” He replied, “So I don’t become arrogant.” He never let anyone fan him during śalāt [as was the custom of some of the elders in that timetranslator]. I asked him, “Why don’t you allow someone to fan you during śalāt?” He replied, “It doesn’t seem right in worship.” 18. There was no difference in Ramadan and the other months. Ĥađrat always prayed Fajr shortly before sunrise time. 21. As far as I know, Ĥađrat never recited with anyone. 22. As far as I can remember, he usually recited from the Qur’an. He knew the Qur’an inside out. I have only seen two people whose memorization was so good that no one could compete with them in this matter, Ĥađrat Thānwī and Qārī ‘Abd al-Khāliq. Once Ĥađrat said, “My routine in Ramadan is the same as in other months. Some of the elders have different habits in their ifţār in that that they break their fast with dates and Zamzam. My habit is to break fast with whatever is closer at the time of ifţār, whether it is a date, Zamzam, warm water or guava.” 78 77 Āp Bītī, v. 4. 78 Ifāđāt-e-Yaumiyya. 140
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