[28] His father died when he was young, and he was brought up by his mother and elder brother Syed Jalal.

He met a very devout individual in his local mosque named Sultan Ibrahim and, impressed by him,[29] became his disciple.

After the death of his elder brother, to take care of his family, he became a laborer as per the advice of Sultan Ibrahim.

As he grew older he wrote many spiritual poems in Sindhi and used them as a device to express his love for the Divine.

[30] His poetry and malfuzat appeared for the first time in Bayan al-Arifin wa Tanbih al-Ghafilin, a Persian[31] work, written by a disciple he had later in his life named Mir Daryai Tharawi, in 1630, seven years after his death.