In 1914 there came to Trinidad a very pious gentleman who had travelled all the way from India via Fiji and Mauritius. His name was Moulvi Haji Sufi Shah Mohammed Hassan Hanfi Qadri. He claimed to be from the lineage of Sufis and indeed his Oriental garb, resembling much the attire of a Coptic Patriarch, coupled with his vigil and devotion to Islamic ceremonials won for him much respect and veneration from his followers.

He practised the system of' "Peeree Mureedee" and bound his followers by a written declaration called "Shagara". All those who accepted him as their Peer (guide) were assured of Heaven. He laid great stress upon the garb of a Muslim and almost made it a fundamental requirement. Women were to wear flowing pyjamas and long 'Koorti' while the men would wear broad Eastern pyjamas will long coats and a turban or a brimless hat of Fez or cloth. People who did not dress in this manner were hurled out of the pale of Islam. Despite his rigidity and violent anathema of Kufr, his followers kept increasing daily.

This infiltration aroused the fury of the thinking men, while "Red Beard" (for so he was known afterwards) continued to sway hundreds towards his fold. Sayad Abdul Aziz Meah of Princes Town began to explode the baseless dogmas while at a public meeting in the Mosque at Tunapuna under the Presidency of Subratee Meah and the 'fatwa of Kufr-' was passed on Peer Hassan. As soon as the old "Peer" realized that things were taking a different turn and the community was dividing itself in strife, he decided to leave for India. Peer Hassan left these shores in 1918.