Sufism Shah was a disciple and Khalifa of Khawaja Shams-ud-din Sialvi of
Sial Sharif in the Silsila-e-Chishtia Nizamiyah. His biography
Meher-e-Muneer records that he was also made a
Khalifa by
Haji Imdadullah, when he visited the latter in
Mecca.
Ibn Arabi Shah was a supporter of
Ibn Arabi's ideology of
Wahdat-ul-Wujood but he made a distinction between the creation and the creator (as did Ibn Arabi). He also wrote explaining the "Unity of Being" doctrine of
Ibn Arabi. Like his comrade
Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad, he was an authority on
Ibn Arabi and his 37-volume work
The Meccan Illuminations (Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya). In 1933, Shah was absorbed in his meditation and mystic trances. That year the philosopher
Muhammad Iqbal had to give a lecture at Cambridge University on Ibn Arabi's concept of Space and Time. He wrote a letter to the Shah stating that now there was nobody in all of
Hindustan whom he could consult in this matter, and requesting him to tell about Ibn Arabi's work. The Shah however, due to his meditation and bad health, could not reply. letter.
Shi'as Among his lesser-known yet significant works is ''Tasfiah Mabain Sunni wa Shi'ah'' ("Clarification Between Sunni and Shia"), a theological treatise composed in Persian. In this work, Shah sought to delineate the doctrinal distinctions between the Sunni and
Shia traditions while maintaining a scholarly tone that aimed to reduce sectarian animosity. Though he strongly refuted Shia theological positions—particularly those concerning the
Imamate and the early Caliphs—his criticism was framed as part of an intellectual and religious dialogue rather than a hostile polemic. == Death and legacy ==