Sufism began with Zoroaster and ended with Muhammad.
After these explanations, at three in the afternoon, Baba hiked up the hill with the entire group. Three times along the way he stopped by a stream to wet his feet; once he gave water to the boys from his own hands. Baba instructed Chanji to keep silence. He directed Gustadji, Buasaheb, and Vishnu to fast on milk taken twice a day. The mandali left the site of the hut at 3:30, and Raosaheb and the boys left after dinner at seven. Gustadji and Buasaheb remained outside the hut on nightwatch.
Starting on 7 August, Baba fasted during the entire period of seclusion, taking only water which was passed to him through a small window of the hut. At a fixed time each day, Baba would knock from the inside and receive the water through the window without being seen by anyone.
Ramjoo and Chanji were to come up twice a day with fresh water for Baba, and milk for Gustadji and Buasaheb. During their stay near the hut, they had to observe silence and only communicate if necessary by hand signs.
They were not to make any noise when doing anything, for Baba had stated, "Absolute silence is necessary for my work here."
The next day, Baba informed Ramjoo and Vishnu that he might send them back to Ahmednagar, and they agreed to abide by his decision (though this did not happen). Baba later assigned Vishnu three hours' watch by his hut instead of having him repeat God's name 10,000 times per day. Although Padri was not well, he attended to his duties of cooking the meals and driving the bus to town for marketing and picking up the mail. Padri was the only one who did not walk up the hill each day.
In the afternoon of Thursday, 8 August 1929, the villagers of Harvan were fed a bountiful feast by Baba's order and were very happy. That night, Baba split the nightwatch between Chanji and Buasaheb.
At that time, the hills of Harvan were choice hunting grounds, abounding in tigers, bears, wolves, and other wild animals. Throughout the night, Buasaheb, Gustadji, or Chanji could hear the constant roars and rumblings from these fierce animals. But Baba had given them strict instructions not to move from the hut under any circumstances. The villagers had warned the mandali that to camp out at night without a gun or rifle was foolhardy.