He attended kuttab with Mullah Aziz in the village of Bandulić and then with Ahmet Gremja in Ferizaj, where he studied Arabic grammar or sarf.
He continued his language studies at the madrasa in Prizren, where he learned its syntax (auam), and later one in Pristina, from whence he graduated in May 1944 with his spiritual diploma (Albanian: ixhazetnamenë) from Ahmet Mardoqi.
In 1950, he attended a teacher training course in Peja, earning a post as director of an elementary school in Sllovi where he served until 1955.
In 1956, he left the school to become imam of the mosque in Glogovce near Lipjan, soon becoming president of the local Islamic community.
From 1970 to 1984, he was principal of Alauddin Madrasa, but in 1985 he was appointed mufti of Pristina, a post he held until his retirement at the age of 70 in 1990.