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Hadhrat Sheikh Moulana Zakariyya Rahmatullahi Alaihi himself writes on page 200 of his Kitaab called Aap Beati which means autobiography:
“In ‘Aap Beati’ volume one, I also mentioned that during my youth Maulana Inayat Ali was a very selfless and ardent worker for the madrasah. At the same time he was a teacher, Mufti, collector of funds and also responsible for the legal affairs of the madrasah. Today four persons are required to do his work. Apart from those duties he also had others. Towards the end he had become so old and weak that he had to be brought to the madrasah in a carriage in the mornings, where he remained busy with madrasah affairs the whole day. If at midday, he received some food sent from home, he would eat it cold in a corner of his office. In view of all his services, I applied to the madrasah that he should then be pensioned off with a small pension. The first one to oppose my suggestion was Maulana Abdul Lateef Saheb.In a rather insulting tone I said to him: “Sir, that time will also come to you.”He replied: “If such a time came over me, I would open a paan shop near the Darut Talabah.”Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat gave a fatwa on my suggestion that: “In the present set-up, the giving of a pension from madrasah funds is not permissible. For such a contribution a special fund will have to be established from which pensions may be given. Whatever you have written about Mohtamim Saheb is true and I am fully aware of the facts. I suggest that you make a collection among well-wishing friends and I myself will contribute five rupees monthly.” Many similar incidents took place during Hakeemul Ummat’s lifetime.
It is written in ‘Ashrafus Sawanih’, volume three, page 109: “If ever Hazrat performed wudhu and even a little warm water was left over, he went and poured it back into the water-holder so that not even so much of musjid property should be wasted.”
At another place it is written: “If ever a money-order was sent to him (Hazrat Thanwy) and on the form there were no instructions as to how the sum should be utilized or if the instructions were unclear, he used to send the money back to the sender, informing him of the reason. And even if the sender stated that a separate letter would arrive instructing how the money should be utilized, he sent it back. This was so because he felt that if he had to wait for the letter to come, he would have to be responsible for an amaanat and furthermore if at the time the letter arrived and the money had to be sent back, it would mean extra expenditure. Initially Hazrat used to keep the money and wait for the letter, but when later various problems arose, he stopped doing so.” – Ashrafus Sawanih, vol. 2, p. 238.
I also feel very inclined towards following Hazrat Thanwy’s example. Sometimes people send money-orders and write absolutely no instructions as to what should be done with the money and sometimes they write that a letter would be following with instructions, which then never arrives. This causes me great difficulty in looking after an amaanat and I have to write many reply-paid letters to inquire without receiving any replies. There are times when after a year, I come to know that the money was for the madrasah.”
