 Hussain's Kafis are also composed for, and the singing of them has been set to music based on Punjabi folk music.Many of his Kafis are part of the traditional Qawwali repertoire.His poems have been performed as songs by Kaavish, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Ghulam Ali, Hamid Ali Bela, Amjad Parvez, Junoon and Noor Jehan, among others.