During Habib Ullah's reign, Faiz Mohammad was involved, if only peripherally, with the Young Afghan movement led by Mahmud Baig Tarzi. He is said to have been associated with the publication of Tarzi's reformist journal, "Siraj al-Akbar", and three other journals, "Anis", "Ḥayy alal-falah", and "Aina-ye Irfan". After the assassination of his patron in 1337/1919, Faiz Mohammad worked for a time at the Ministry of Education on textbook revision. Sometime later, he was appointed to a teaching position at the Habibiya Laycee "(Habibiya High School)" in Kabul.