in 1969, maulana zubair ul hassan married tahira khatoon, daughter of al-hafiz ilyas of shahranpur, one of the sons-in-law of hazrat shaikh-ul-hadees zakariah kandhlawi. the couple had three sons and three daughters. the eldest son, hafiz maulana juahir-ul-hasan kandhlawi, has become a well-known interlocutor of the tabligh movement. reportedly zubair was obese, diabetic and not in good health for some time.