Syed Khalid Hasan Shah was an Islamic religious leader, a prominent exponent of modern Naqshbandi Sufism,
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He was born in Allo Mahar Sharif, Pakistan. His father wasSyed Faiz ul-Hasan Shah and his grandfather Pir Syed Amin Shah.
Both his maternal and paternal grandfathers were sheikhs in the Naqshbandi and Mudadi orders respectively. Ultimately he could trace his forefathers back to Muhammad and was thus a Sayyid through Imam al-Husayn. As a child, the young Khalid Hasan showed a propensity towards spirituality.
His father sent him to school to study secular knowledge during the day, and in the evening he studied Islam at the local maktab, where he learned the basics of Islamic law, jurisprudence, the Hadith, and Qur'anic exegesis. He passed a B.A. at Murray College, Sialkot. Syed Khalid Hasan was a spiritual leader of the Naqshbandia Mujadadia Aminia golden chain. In keeping with the traditions of the then society, this young sufi did not attend any formal school for his education and training. He received his elementary education and lessons in Urdu from his father, logic and philosophy from his grandfather.
He delivered many lectures all over Pakistan, and struggled for the establishment of Islamic law in Pakistan. He held the seat of his father as a debater in 1984 and worked hard for eight years.
He died in 1992, and was buried in Allomahar Shrief beside his father.
He had one son and two daughters. His son Syed Murtaza Amin Shah is also an orator of Islam lecturing in different parts of world.