The Alfayez have customarily choose a head of the house (Sheikh), usually conforming to the Bedouin custom of conferring the role to the eldest son (Albikir) of the current head, however throughout its long history there were some exceptions to this tradition. Note that the head of the Alfayez, would also be the head or co-head (with the head of the House of Khraisha) of the Bani Sakher clan as the Alfayez are the leading house in the clan.