He persuaded one of the destitute to loan him the fare to take them in a tramcar, promising the poor man he would repay the money and pay for the return journey. Vajifdar succeeded in bringing many deserving people to the Manzil in this manner.
Ramjoo hunted around Byculla Bridge, where he found a group of such beggars. Luckily, he came across a friend who lent him the one rupee necessary to bring the lot back to the Manzil. Each of the mandali faced difficulties in carrying out the Master's instructions. The destitute people were not sure of the mandali's intentions. They wondered how a person who had no money for either a tramcar fare or a taxi could possibly give them free food and clothing. Some were afraid, suspicious of falling into a trap or scheme to lock them in an asylum. But the warm reception they received from Baba upon reaching Manzil-e-Meem banished all their doubts.
The Master bathed many of the more than 200 poor people who were gathered and personally served each of them food. He gave each man or woman clothes and even garlanded three of them. Then he lovingly sent them away. Rustom took the legless man back in the cart. There was a great change in him, for the man was now wearing new clothes and a garland around his neck.
After all the destitute people had departed, Baba instructed Sarosh to bring four buckets of water with ice and to pour three bottles of rose syrup into them to prepare sherbet. Sarosh did so. Everything was ready; the mandali waited anxiously to have a nice cool drink after a long day of fasting. Just then, Masaji made some inappropriate comment, and Baba became very irritated.
"Sarosh, throw those buckets of rose sherbet in the gutter!" he said.
All four buckets were thrown out, while the mandali silently cursed Masaji for provoking Baba. Sarosh approached Baba, "Please pardon us, we are feeling very thirsty." After some time, Baba calmed down. A new batch of sherbet was prepared and distributed, and the mandali broke their fast, eating the food that was left over.
The tomb of a renowned 12th century Sufi Master named Baba Abdur Rehman Malang (or Haji Malang Shah) is situated 30 miles northeast of Bombay near Kalyan. The shrine is famous for being a place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Muslims, one of the few dargahs (tombs) where religious rites of different religions were performed. Baba planned a trip to visit it.
With several of the mandali, Baba left Bombay by train early in the morning on 30 October. Upon reaching Kalyan they hired two cars to drive to the tomb, located on a forested hill known as Malanggad. They proceeded toward the hill, but because of the recent rain, the dirt road was quite muddy. They could only drive six miles, so they covered the remaining distance on foot. But despite walking for three miles through the hilly tracts, they could not find the shrine. Apparently, they had walked in the wrong direction.