[3] Dede Musaddad was a descendant of aristocratic ancestry from two notable West Javan kings,[4] and he was born in the village of Ciledug in Garut Regency on 3 April 1910.

[1] After the death of his father when he was four years old, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, who managed the Batik and dodol arrowroot business under the Kuraetin brand.

[3] Concerned about his faith, his mother encouraged him to deepen his understanding of Islam under the guidance of renowned West Javan scholar Muhammad Sachroni.

Along with Yusuf Taujiri and Mustafa Kamil Pasha, he commanded the Hizbullah army in fight against Dutch attempts to recolonise Indonesia during the Indonesian National Revolution.

Before leaving for Mecca, he had attended the Cipari Islamic Boarding School, which was a hub for religious instruction as well as an important source of patriotism and skills for fending off colonialism.

In addition to increasing the number of IAIN students, the project sought to realise his goals of "enlightening intellectuals" and "intellectualising scholars."

[9] Musaddad had tight ties with high-ranking state officials, especially those in the military, throughout his time as the Imam Rohis [id] (Islamic Spiritual Leader) at the TNI-AD Headquarters and as an active member of the Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya Order in his latter years.