 He was born in 945 AH (1538) in Lahore, Pakistan.His father was Sheikh Usman, he was a Kulsara (a clan of Rajput), and by occupation, he was a weaver (in some of Shah Hussain poetic rhymes he used his pen name as Faqir Hussain Julaha which means "Saint Hussain the weaver"), his father in his early age enrolled him in a local school where he started to memorize the Quran.His teacher was Hafiz Abubakar, it was 955 AH (1548) when at the age of 10 a renowned Sufi master Sheikh Bahlol Qadri (d. 983 AH/ 1575) met him who later became his mentor.