In a sufi account by Amir Hasan Sijzi, Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya tells…

The correct answer is Option (1) → He took the money to give to the dervishes but told Ulugh Khan to give the land deeds to others.

Option (1) He took the money to give to the dervishes but told Ulugh Khan to give the land deeds to others. — Correct. Shaikh Fariduddin took the money only because he would <strong>hand it out to the dervishes</strong>. The land deeds he sent back, saying many people longed for them, so they should be given to such persons.

Option (2) He kept the land deeds for his own use but returned the money to Ulugh Khan. — Incorrect. This turns the story upside down. The Shaikh <strong>did not keep the land deeds</strong>; he sent them back and kept only the money, which he meant to share among the dervishes.

Option (3) He refused both the money and the land deeds and asked Ulugh Khan to leave the hospice. — Incorrect. He did not refuse everything. He <strong>accepted the money</strong> so that he could share it among the dervishes.

Option (4) He accepted both the money and the land deeds for the upkeep of his hospice. — Incorrect. He did not accept the land. Nizamuddin told this story to show that <strong>their spiritual masters never took land</strong>, which is why he too refused the gardens and land sent to him.