Turning water into Oil

Baba had been healing people since his early days in Shirdi and was sometimes called "Hakim" (Doctor), it was a specific and dramatic event which brought him to the attention of the local populace, and it took place in the mosque. Throughout his life Baba displayed a fondness for lights and lamps and would regularly light panatis (small earthenware pots with cotton wicks and oil) in the mosque and certain local temples, in accordance with the Hindu and Muslim view that places of worship should be illuminated at night. For this he depended on the generosity of a few local shopkeepers from he used to beg oil. One day, how ever, his suppliers brusquely refused to give him any oil, claiming that they were out of stock.Baba took this calmly and returned to the mosque empty handed. The shopkeepers followed him in the gathering gloom, curious to see what he would do. What they witnessed brought them to their knees in awe and wonder.Baba took some water from the pot kept in the mosque, and put it in the jar he used for collecting oil. Shaking it up he drank the oily water, then took another jar of water and filled the four lamps with it.
Next he lit the lamps, and -to the shopkeeper's astonishment-They not only burned, but remained alight all night .Afraid of being cursed by a man of such powers, the shop keepers begged Baba's forgiveness. This was freely given, but Baba pointed out the importance of speaking the truth-If they did not want to give, they should simply say so directly and not lie about it. The wondrous nature of this event, which is said to have taken place in 1982, and the many of such leelas which followed