It is quoted in Tadhkiratul-Auliya’ that someone requested a pious man to pray for him. The pious man asked him to bring a dish of rice and milk. The man wondered [about the strange request] but brought the requested food.
The pious man prayed, and that individual’s wish was granted. Eventually, the person requesting prayers was told that pious man asked for the food to develop a connection with him.
A similar narrative is given in the memoirs of Bawa Farid. A person lost the deed to his property, and he approached Bawa Farid requesting prayers. Bawa Fareed said, ‘Feed me Halva.’ The person asking for the prayer went to buy Halva at a confectioner’s shop and found his lost deed there.
(Malfuzat, Vol. 9, p. 24)