Family
He was the son of Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah, honorary magistrate in Sialkot in British India, grandson of Pir Syed Amin Shah mujadadi and grad grandson of Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri He descended from a long line of Islamic nobility. Ultimately he could trace his forefathers back to the Prophet and was thus a Sayyid through Imam al-Husayn. As a child, the young Faiz ul Hassan showed a propensity towards spirituality. He had four sons: (he had five sons, not four sons)
- Pir Syed Khalid Hasan Shah: Succeeded his father as leader of the family,died in 1991
- Syed Iftekhar Ul Hasan Shah ZAHRAY SHAH: Prominent Pakistani politician
- Syed Barkat Ul Hasan Shah
- Syed Sajjad Ul Hasan Shah, died 20 December 2011
- Syed Zahid Ali Shah, died in 2007
He also had three daughters. His grandson Pir Syed Murtaza Amin Shah is currently the religious leader of the Allomahar movement of Islamic scholars and delivers lectures in different parts of the world.
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