By Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi Translated by Asim Ahmad Edited by IlmGate After hamd and salāt, this useless person (i.e. the author [1]) was born on the 11th of Ramadan, 1315 AH (February 3rd, 1898) at 11pm in the house of my mother’s step-grandmother in the town of Kāndhla (Uttar Pradesh, India). My mother’s step-grandmother was known by the name of Maryam. She was a worshipping, austere, and extremely free-hearted woman. The elders of Kāndhla came to her home immediately after tarāweeh, congratulated her, and asked for sweets. She ordered many sweets and gave them out benevolently to her guests.…