I am now going to mention another unique feature of his life that I have observed myself very often and most of his friends would have witnessed. It is to do with his quality of frugality and economizing.
It is common observation that when the bar of soap used for washing is reduced to a very small size—known as “chipper” in Punjabi—it gets discarded as of no further use. However, Chaudhry Sahib used to press this “chipper” or sliver of soap on to the new soap bar between his two hands to fuse them together and get more use out of the remaining sliver of soap.
If anybody expressed surprise about it, he would respond with a simple argument: if this soap sliver was good enough to be used yesterday, then there is no reason, why it can’t be used today! I observed him, on some occasions, fusing together two different colored bars of soaps.
There is an interesting incident in that context. One day Chaudhry Sahib came to Fazl Mosque for Zuhr prayers wearing brand new shoes which looked very nice.
On leaving the mosque after Prayers, when he was putting his shoes back on, a very close friend looked at those shoes with surprise and remarked in a curious manner: “Chaudhry Sahib! These shoes are new.” Chaudhry Sahib understood his comments full well. He smiled and said, “Well, new soap cake can be fused with the old bit, but an old shoe cannot be blended with a new one!”