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

Chapter Six
Ramadan of 1397/1977
This Ramadan was also spent in Sahāranpūr. There were more
people than in the previous year and the daily program was also
the same as in the previous year. The following is an excerpt from
Ĥađrat’s diary:
Due to dizziness, I could not recite Qur’an after Maghrib
Other daily devotions were about the same as in the previous
years: taĥiyyat al-shukr, śalāt al-ĥāja, different aurād 29 (uttered
devotions) [i.e. Ĥizb al-Baĥr, a du‘ā booklet]
Tea only; I was unable to eat anything due to sickness
After dinner, public gathering from 8:30 p.m 9 p.m; Bai‘a was
also performed at this time.
Adhān after 9 p.m.
Tarāwīĥ led by Salmān from 9:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. followed
by reading of Akābir kā Ramađān to 11:30 p.m.
Doors closed from 12:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. but opened half an
hour early because of the large gathering.
Rest after Fajr to 9 a.m.
After 9 a.m.: reciting any sura in pre-noon śalāt then
recitation of one part two times from the Qur’an
Recite Sura Yāsīn three times and send the rewards to the
elders
Meeting with different people from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m
Rest from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Since the fever began from Monday [29th of Sha‘bān], I
could take no more than a cup of tea [he drank only a half a
29 Aurād are devotions which require movement of the tongue whether
they be du‘ās read from a book or tasbīĥ with beads. Ashgāl, on the other hand,
are purely meditative where no movement of the tongue is required. Both aurād
and asghāl are not objectives in taśawwuf but means to the objective which is:
that you worship Allah u as if you see Him, and that if you cannot see Him,
that He sees you [Bukhārī, Su’āl Jibrā’īl e al-Nabiyy s].
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