Formerly of Lonavla, Ramjoo Abdulla now resided in Satara with his family and came to see Baba daily. His sister-in-law, Haja, had been a constant visitor to Baba when the family lived in Nasik. Once, Haja said to someone, "I am so beautiful even Baba is in love with me!" Coming to know of it, Baba instructed her not to show her face to him for the rest of her life. Accordingly, though in Satara, she did not even once come to meet Baba.

From Bombay, Ramjoo's son, Ali, age twenty-five, was writing long letters about Baba to his father. He had his doubts about Baba's divinity. Since childhood, he and his elder brother, Baggu, were in Baba's contact. Baggu's marriage with Dr. Ghani's daughter, which Baba attended, had been performed in Nasik in 1942. On that occasion, Ramjoo's other son, Dadu, was shooting a short film, and for some reason Baba turned his head and raised his hand as Dadu was filming him. Ali saw this and thought: "Baba is acting so his picture will come out better. Were he really God, he would not care about such things. Prophet Muhammad never had his picture taken." Thus, Ali had his doubts about Baba.

Once, during Baba's stay in Satara, Ali visited from Bombay. Ali fell ill, and one evening Ramjoo took medicine for him from Dr. Nilu. The next day, Baba asked Nilu, "What did you do last evening?" Nilu reported, but Baba inquired, "Nothing else?" Nilu then remembered Ramjoo's visit and told Baba about Ali being sick. Baba remarked, "He will surely die by your medicine! He cannot be saved now!" All day long, Baba went on declaring the same thing, while at home Ali was recovering. When Ramjoo told Ali about it, he was greatly impressed.

But on his return to Bombay, Ali reverted to his old misgivings and wrote a letter to his father, which Ramjoo showed to Baba. Baba asked him to call Ali to Satara, and he came. Baba asked him, "Are you a good man?" Ali could not reply, and Baba remarked to Ramjoo, "You were saying Ali is very clever. He seems to be quite stupid!"

Baba then asked, "Have you read the Gita?"

Ali said, "No."

"In the Gita, Koran and Bible the same thing is repeated. Everyone has to surpass both good and evil. Good is as much a stack of hay as bad. I set fire to both! Knowledge cannot be attained without their turning to ashes."

Baba asked Ali, "Do you love me?"