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

the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ
In Mashāikh-e-Kāndhla it says:
It was the routine of Shaikh Yaĥyā to lead his mother and maternal
grandmother in śalāt every Ramadan in Kāndhla, complete the
Qur’an in three days, then return to Sahāranpūr. The year he passed
away in Dhu al-Qa‘da, he completed the Qur’an in one night and
returned the next day.
I have written about my father in various places in Āp Bītī, though
I cannot remember anything at this time. I also mentioned in the
beginning of this booklet of Shaikh Gangohī’s practice of reciting
Qur’an loudly, both inside and outside of śalāt. Sometimes, I was
deep asleep and was woken up by the sound of his crying.
Amongst my elders, I found two who cried copiously, one
Shaikh al-Islām Ĥusain Aĥmad Madanī and the second, my father.
I have written in Āp Bītī that I accompanied Shaikh al-Islām Madanī
on his trips around the Sahāranpūr area. His trips were like storms.
He would arrive, for example, at 4 p.m., pick me up in his car,
and rush off to Rairy or Dahlapara for a convention and drop me
off that night or early next morning in Sahāranpūr. Once, I went
with him to Ābha. Ĥađrat Shaikh al-Islām told the people to put
my bed next to his in his room. At that time many of Ĥađrat’s
helpers were with him. It was extremely cold outside and the
helpers had their beds in another room. The elders of Ābha had old
connections with Shaikhain [Shaikh Qāsim Nānautwī and Shaikh
Rashīd Aĥmad Gangohī- the elders and founders of Deoband]
and after them with the four great Shaikhs [Shaikh Khalīl Aĥmad
Sahāranpūrī, Shaikh al-Hind Maĥmūd al-Ĥasan, Shāh ‘Abd al-
Raĥīm Raipūrī, and Shaikh Ashraf ‘Alī Thānwī]. Because of their
connections, they were unreserved with Ĥađrat Shaikh al-Islām.
One of them asked him,
“Why is it that his bed is put here while all the helpers are
in another room?” Before Ĥađrat could say anything, I spoke up,
“I will tell you why. The fact is that your being with Ĥađrat will
disturb him while I am like a goat tied by his door.” And this was
true because whenever I went to Ĥađrat Raipūrī, Shaikh al-Islām,
my uncle [Shaikh Ilyās], and Ĥađrat ‘Āshiq Ilāhī Mīrati, they
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