Alongside Hamad Al-Jassir, Muhammad al-Ubudi and Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari, he is considered one of the first Saudi geographers in the 20th century.
He had an interest in Najdi folklore, collecting artifacts and wrote several dictionaries and geographical encyclopedias from the 1970s until he died in Taif at the age of 87.
In Dawadmi, he enrolled in the adult education system at the age of thirty, and obtained the intermediate certificate.
[3] One day he met his close friend and educator Sa'd Abu Moati [ar] in Riyadh, when he went there for commercial affairs.
He also took over the task of teaching religious subjects, for lack of another teacher, and he also taught Arabic grammar for the sixth grade of primary school.
He traveled by plane from Riyadh to Taif to spend the summer away from the severe heat, but his illness worsened.