Said was a wealthy merchant who owned many trade ships and as a landlord in Batavia with extensive and large areas of lands.
The oldest was Syekhah, who was married to a righteous man, Sheikh Salim bin Umar Bahfen.
[2] After moving to Batavia, he later married another woman (it was common in the era for men to have multiple wives) named Nur binti Muhammad Audhah, who gave him a daughter named Muznah who then married to Ali bin Abubakar bin Umar Shahab, a Wulayti Hadhrami from Dammun near Tarim.
In Batavia, Said bought a large piece of land in area of Pekojan called Tanah Tinggi (Highland).
On the land he later built a mosque called Masjid Tanah Tinggi in November 1833 CE (Rajab 1249 AH).