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Ramadan of the Elders “Only the caprifigs from last time.” Ĥađrat took four five caprifigs and that was his seĥr. The whole story is mentioned in Āp Bītī. 91 After the adhān of Fajr, he prayed Fajr in its earliest time. He never delivered any talk after Fajr in Ramadan [that began in Maulwī Yūsuf ’s time]. After śalāt, he sat on his prayer rug until after sunrise and read his aurād. The helpers prayed their śalāt then rested [they woke up at their own times]. Ĥađrat sat until after sunrise and only 91 The whole story is reproduced from Āp Bītī. Ĥađrat writes, The incident I am narrating didn’t happen in my presence, but was narrated to me on many occasions by my relative who was an imam of a masjid in Dehli. It was Ĥađrat’s first years [i.e. the work of tablīgh had not yet began]. He thought Ĥađrat is the shaikh of Dehli and must get sent a lot of good food in Ramadan. He arrived in Niżām al-Dīn near ‘Aśr time. Ĥađrat’s routine after ‘Aśr to Maghrib was to do dhikr loudly. At ifţār, he’d ask the helpers if anything was available. The helpers brought out whatever they had and that became his ifţār and dinner. Anyhow, when the time of ifţār came, and Ĥađrat asked the usual question, “Is there anything?” The helpers said, “Ĥađrat, nothing besides the caprifigs from yesterday.” My uncle was ecstatic. He said, “Great, excellent, bring them in.” My relative also sat and ate with Ĥađrat. My uncle ate four five caprifigs, drank some water, and was grateful to Allah u. He led the Maghrib and then started the voluntary śalāt. He rested for a short while shortly before the adhān of ‘Ishā’. He then led ‘Ishā’ and then tarāwīĥ slowly and calmly. My poor relative kept on wondering when the food was going to come in. The students of Niżām al-Dīn prepared their own food but were distributed one or two chappatis per person. They would place these on their hands and eat them. My uncle was fine as usual but my relative had a difficult time passing that night. At seĥr, it was the same situation as in ifţār, the same routine repeated over again: the caprifigs, the water and then expressing gratitude to Allah u. At Fajr, he asked permission to return to Dehli but my uncle laughed and did not grant him permission. He started explaining all the errands he had to run and so on and so forth but Ĥađrat refused. The whole day, my poor relative had spent seĥr and ifţār eating caprifigs. He often said afterwards, “Only I know what I was going through at that time.” The second day after ‘Aśr, Ĥađrat, as was his routine, was busy in loud dhikr while my relative was dreading the sight of caprifigs for ifţār again. Shortly before Maghrib, a big pot of chicken baryani was brought on a cart and the whole masjid was filled with its fragrance. My uncle said in ifţār, “Come Brother Laţīf! This baryani came especially for you. He said, “I savored the taste of that baryani on the second day for ifţār and seĥr and will remember it for the rest of my life.” 169
the ramadan of shaikh muĤ ammud zakariyyĀ left after praying his post-sunrise śalāt. After that, if he felt tired and had time he rested for a little while, otherwise, he gave a talk to the people of Miwāt and spent time with the guests who came to meet him [guests came in constantly and Ĥađrat often left his routine to sit with them]. Ĥađrat was extremely precautious about the descendants of the Blessed Prophet s. He was very respectful of them, overlooking the mistakes of his students or murīds if they were from the family of the Blessed Prophet s, and he stressed this upon me also. Once, I complained about one of Ĥađrat’s students who was also his murīd and helper. He said, “I know about him but he is from the family.” He said the word syed [a person from the lineage of the Blessed Prophet s] with such reverence that I myself became overwhelmed and stayed quiet. Shaikh ‘Alī Miāń, in his biography “Shaikh Ilyās and His Work of Dīn” writes,Shaikh Mu‘īn Allāh narrates: “I was sick one Ramadan. One time, the boy who brought food for me passed by Ĥađrat as he was about to start his voluntary śalāt. Ĥađrat said, ‘Put the food down, I will take it.’ The boy didn’t understand and took up the food to the room. After śalāt, Ĥađrat came up and said, “I told the boy, I would bring the food up but he still took it himself.” He then sat by me, talked with me and raised my spirits.”Much of this has to do with the fact that Shaikh Mu‘īn Allāh was syed. Ĥađrat also slept in the afternoon for one or two hours. After Ẓuhr, Ĥađrat came to his room and met with guests until ‘Aśr. If any student had a lesson with him in Ramadan, it would be during this time. After ‘Aśr until Maghrib, Ĥađrat did dhikr loudly. In the other months, Ĥađrat did his dhikr from before tahajjud until the time of Fajr, which was prayed shortly before sunrise. I saw that amongst my elders, none was more constant on doing dhikr loudly than my uncle. Some years before his sickness, he did his twelve tasbīĥ and the dhikr of Allah u, Allah u in the last part of the night in other months and from ‘Aśr to Maghrib in Ramadan without fail. 170
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