Maulana Muzaffar Hussain was the nephew of Mufti Ilahi Baksh Kandhalwi. He was the favourite pupil of Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlavi. He was also the deputy of Shah Mohammad Yaqub. He had also been favoured with the company of Syed Ahmad Shaheed who was a very pious and godly person. He never touched anything that was of doubtful purity according to the Sharia. Incidents of his humility and prayerfulness are still well remembered by the people of the areas of Kandhla and serve as a reminder of the glorious days of the earliest decades of Islam.

One of Maulana Muzaffar Hussain's daughters, Amtus Salam, was the grandmother of Maulana Ilyas.

The granddaughter of Maulana Muzaffar Hussain, through one of his daughters, was married to Maulana Mohammad Ismail (Maulana Ilyas’ Father). It was Maulana Mohammad Ismail’s second marriage which was solemnised on October 30, 1868.