Shakir was born in current day Tatarstan and became a part of the Finnish Tatar community when he arrived in Tampere during late 1940s.

Before his time in Finland, Shakir worked as a teacher in India, where one of his students was the later-president of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

[2] Habiburrahman Shakir was born in village Danış awılı, now located in modern Tatarstan, Kamsko-Ustyinsky District.

[4] In 1947, as recommended by Musa Bigiev, Shakir moved to Tampere, Finland, where he became the local Tatar community's imam.

Before this, he operated as imam in Peshawar and in 1942, Shakir moved to work in Bombay, where one of his students was the future president of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Some of his other publications are for example a work with Semiulla Wafin named Din derésleré ve Islam tarihçesé, and a booklet in honor of Gabdulla Tuqay with his close friend, artist Aisa Hakimcan.

Bibirehana was the daughter of a known imam, Shamsulla Veliulla (Şämsulla Wäliulla), who during his life published 30 or so religious works in Kazan.