Born on 16 October 1877 in a Deoband-based family, claiming descent to Abdul Qadir Jeelani, Asghar Hussain Deobandi was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, where he studied with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Azizur Rahman Usmani and Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad.
He taught religious sciences at Atala Masjid, Jaunpur and at his alma mater, Darul Uloom Deoband.
Mian Asghar Hussain's ancestors came to India from Baghdad and are descended from Abdul Qadir Jeelani.
After Maryam-un-Nisa's death, Muhammad Hasan married her sister Naseeb-un-Nisa;[a] they had a son, Asghar Hussain.
As Asghar Hussain turned 17 or 18 and reached the Arabic classes in Darul Uloom Deoband, his father died on 20 September 1894.
At the request of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Asghar Hussain entered the Darul Uloom Deoband again on 1 April 1896 and continued with Arabic classes.
Then his teachers Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad sent him to the madrassa of the Atala Masjid, Jaunpur for the post of head-teacher and he served there for seven years.
In the meantime in 1327 AH, he laid the foundation stone of Madrasatul Islah in Sarai Meer, Azamgarh in 1908.
He was entrusted the teaching of Sunan Abu Dawud in Darul Uloom Deoband and he also taught the books of tafsir and fiqh like Jalalayn and Durr-e-Mukhtar.
[18] Fehmeeda died eight years after her marriage, and was survived by her son Syed Farhat Hussain who had been associated with Hamdard Dawakhana in Karachi.