Tea, Sweets and Watermelon on Ice: A Generosity That Kept No Account

Answer

For some students he had fixed permanent stipends out of his own means; and there were more than one can count who would simply demand tea and sweets — and Ḥaḍrat Wālā would hand over the money without ceremony; and so it went with the students of every class. Once he said to the students: do not ask; asking does not look well.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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