He was born in 1877 AD (1294 AH) in
Sialkot, Pakistan, to Sheikh Abdul Aziz. His family claims descent from
Abu Bakr Siddique, a prominent companion of the
Prophet Muhammad and the
first caliph of Islam. He received his early education in Sialkot and
Lahore. He studied for four years in
Pilibhit (
Uttar Pradesh, India) and got his Islamic education under the supervision of Wasee Ahmad Muhaddis Soorti. He went to
Karachi. After some time, travelled to
Baghdad, Iraq to take blessings from Ghaus e Azam. He lived in Baghdad for 4 years and then travelled to Medina in 1900. He stayed in Medina for almost 77 years. He died on 2 October 1981. == Bay’at and Khilafat ==