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money was to despatch it through a reliable courier and that is how he received his allowance from Khost. Even when he was a student he always spent a considerable part of his allowance for the welfare of the needy. Sahibzada Mohammad Tayyab writes: "On completion of his education, when he came home he took a Vow of Allegiance at the hand of a well known sage named Abdul Wahab Manki. A few days later our grandfather told our father that he had made a mistake and he should get out of the vow - our father complied. Then our father turned all his attention to the propagation of the Holy Quran and Ahadeeth. The Almighty blessed him with success. In those days, in the Khost region, prejudice amongst various sects was prevalent and members of various sects would deliver grave edicts on minor issues. The general public were fed up with the practice of issuing edicts and as our father never indulged in such absurdities his presence was a mercy. Consequently he continued to grow in popularity. Because of his continuous involvement in the service of the Holy Quran and Sunnat and his compassion for God's creation, his fame reached the ears of the King, Ameer Abdur Rahman who also became aware that our father was strongly opposed to the Moulvis. In the view of the King the Moulvis were a great hindrance in the way of national progress. He received our father with great deference and recorded: "I do wish that there were another one or two scholars like you in Afghanistan. " That was the first occasion on which the King ever recorded such remarks in his log. In the earlier years he had never expressed such a favourable opinion about anyone else and in matters of 37