He lived in Āgra, leading an ascetic, abstemious, and pious life, and occupied in teaching divinity, and especially the tradi­tions of the prophet. His strict observance of the holy law and his asceticism prevented him from mixing or associating with his fellow-men. He was in the habit of delivering authoritative commands and prohibitions in matters of faith. When, in obedi­ence to a summons from Court, he attended the ‘Ibādatkhāna, he declined to observe the etiquette and ceremonies of the Court and used to preach and utter admonitions (without respect of persons). To Kh'āja ‘Abdu-ṣ-Ṣamad of Shīrāz, who, by reason of his habit of letting out for hire old cotton cloth for decorations, is known as Kh'āja ‘Abdu-'llāh,* and is much occupied with ceremonial prayers and fasts, and with supererogatory prayers and outward devotions, and had great faith in the Ḥājī, he used to say, “Kh'āja, all these observances will profit you nothing until you give a place in your heart to love for the orthodox successors of the prophet.”