Also known as a Saint poet and 'Poet of Pain', homeless Siddiqui was found dead on a street corner of Lahore at age 46.

Young Muhammad Akhtar (later known as Saghar Siddiqui) was much impressed by Habib Hassan, and he got interested in Urdu poetry because of him.

He moved to Amritsar, Punjab in search of work and used to make wooden combs while writing Urdu poetry.

[1] When 15 years old, he regularly started attending mushairas (poetry recitals) in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Gurdaspur.

[1] In those days with his slim appearance, wearing pants and boski (yellow silky cloth) shirts, with curly hair, and reciting beautiful ghazals in a melodious voice, he became a huge success.

Siddiqui continued to write poetry for the film industry and moved on to publish a literary magazine.

As friends and strangers continued to exploit him, Siddiqui fell further into despair and was soon turned out of hotels and had to live on the streets .