Fasting ceremony of A’la Hadrat

Commenting on the account of the fasting ceremony of A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, Maulana Sayyid Ayyub ‘Ali رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: It was a sacred month of Ramadan and it was a first fast [Sawm] ceremony of A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. Varieties of food items were available in the blessed house. Feerini (a kind of sweet dish which is made with milk, sugar and the rice flour) was also kept in a safe room in a bowl to curdle it. The sun was brighter at midday. It was the warmest time of the day. The blessed father of A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه took him inside that room and locked it from inside and gave him the bowl of Feerini to eat. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه humbly said: I am observing Sawm, how can I eat this? He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: Sawm of a child is not regarded serious, eat this, I have locked the door, there is no one who could see you eating this. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه humbly said: Under Whose command I have observed the Sawm is watching me. Listening to this, the blessed father رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was in tears and they came out of the room. (Hayat-e-A’la Hadrat, pp. 87)

اس کی ہستی میں تھا عمل جوہر، سنّتِ مصطفٰے کا وہ پیکر

عالمِ دین، صاحبِ تقویٰ، واہ کیا بات اعلٰی حضرت کی

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you heard that how A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was firm Shari’ah adherent, Allah-fearing and had deep attachment to the blessed month of Ramadan even since his early childhood. Undoubtedly, it was the special grace and favour of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ upon him that in such a minor age and during the exceptionally warm weather, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had a courage to observe the Sawm in the month of Ramadan and successfully completed it. Therefore, we should also, following the footstep of our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی, respect the blessed month of Ramadan and should not skip even a single Sawm of Ramadan in the face of intense heat because if someone misses one Sawm deliberately during the blessed month of Ramadan without any valid Shar’i reason, and then, though he keeps observing Siyam his entire lifetime, he cannot attain the excellence of that single Ramadan Sawm he had skipped or missed.