sentences:  His teachers in the rational sciences were Maulana `Abd al-Wahid Sanbhali and Maulana `Abd al-Latif, the "nazim" (director) of the madrasah.The year 1333 AH (1914/1915) was Zakariya's final year of studies, known in the Dars-i Nizami curriculum as "dawrah" of hadith, and involving intensive study of hadith.Zakariya was strictly observant in never missing a lesson and always studying with "wudu" (ablution).