The first child born to Hazrat Moulana Ismaeel and Bibi Safiyya رحمهما الله was Moulana Muhammad Yahya Sahib رحمه الله. During the period she was breastfeeding her new-born she developed the desire to memorise the Quran Shareef. Hence she memorised the entire Quran Majeed during this period. She knew it so well that whilst doing household chores, she would recite an entire Manzil of the Quran Majeed by memory. This remained her practice throughout her entire life.
Together with the above, her daily practice was to recite;
- five thousand (5000) times Durood Shareef
- five thousand (5000) times اَللہُ (Ism Zaat)
- One thousand nine hundred (1900) times Bismillahir Rahman Ar Raheem
- five hundred (500) times حَسْبِیَ اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيل
- one thousand one hundred (1100) times یَا مُغْنِیْ
- two hundred (200) times یَا حَیُّ یَا قَیُّوْمُ
- two hundred(200) times سُبْحَانَ الله
- two hundred (200) times اَلْحَمْدُ لله
- two hundred (200) times لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله
- two hundred (200) times اَللہُ اَکْبَر
- five hundred (500) times Istighfar
- one hundred (100) times وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللهِ
- one hundred (100) times حَسْبُنَا اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْل
- one hundred (100) times رَبِّ اِنِّي مَغْلُوْبٌ فِانْتَصِر
- one hundred (100) timesرَبِّ أَنِّي مَسَّنِي الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّحِمِيْن
- one hundred (100) timesلَا إِلَهَ إِِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِیْن
All of this adds up to more than sixteen thousand (16000). In the Mubarak month of Ramadan she used to recite forty (40) Juz daily, completing forty Quran Khatams in the entire month of Ramadan.
It is to women of this spiritual level that the likes of Muhadith Yahya and Muballigh Ilyas رحمهما الله are born.
(Mawaaiz Hasanah v.2 pg.216-217)