In 1333 AH (1915), Zakariya gave bay'ah (oath of allegiance to a Sufi shaykh) at the hand of Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri before the latter left for Hijaz [REF].
On 10 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1334 (September 1916), when Zakariya was 18, his father died [REF].