His family moved from Sihali, Barabnaki to the Firangi Mahal around 1695. In 1915, he was residing in Barabnaki. In 1916, he was assistant professor in Pune.

Institutions

In his opposition to the Western education, he founded Madarssa-i-Nizamia in Lucknow.
He set up Anjuman-i-Khuddam-i-Kabba (1914) to prevent desecration of Muslim Holy places by the British.
He was the founder President of Jamiat-e-ulama-e-Hind.
He was the founder member of Darul Mussannefin Shibli Academy, (1915-1916).
He was the founder committee member of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh in United Provinces, India, (1920).

Politics

During First World War he asked Sultan of Turkey to support Britain or remain out of the war.

On 26 January 1919 he presided over a protest meeting in Lucknow against the British attitude against Muslims.

He was highly active in the Khilafat movement.

He preached Hindu-Muslim unity and was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi.

Books

He authored around 111 books. Some of them are:

Title	Subject	Language	Barcode	Year	Reference(s)/Note(s)
Ilm e Akhlaq (Manual Of Ethics)	Philosophy, Psychology	Urdu	-	1923
Berkeley, Vol-I	Philosophy	Urdu	2990110005662	1924	,
Berkeley Aur Uska Falsafa, Vol-II (Mubadi Ilm-e-Insaani)	Philosophy	Urdu	2990100069025	1926	,