Legendary Imam Shamil was his the most famous student.
Sheikh Muhammad was born in 1771 in the Lezgin village of Vini-Yarag[3] located in the south of Dagestan.
He received his initial Islamic education in the madrasah of his native village.
He studied with famous Ulama in the villages of Sogratl and Arakan.
His teachers were such famous Dagestani theologians as Said Khachmazwi, Said Shinazwi, Hasan Kudaliwi and Maharram Akhzakhwi.