Kabilov was posthumously awarded the title for his actions during the Battle of Königsberg, where he threw an anti-tank grenade under a Ferdinand self-propelled gun but was killed in the explosion.

[1] Kabilov was born in 1917 in the village of Asy-Saga in Semirechye Oblast to a peasant family.

On 10 March, Kabilov was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd class for his actions on 22 January.

On 10 April in the area of Juditten, Kabilov helped repulse a counterattack of German Ferdinand self-propelled guns.

[7] On 19 April, Kabilov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

[1][8] A collective farm in Almaty Region was named for Kabilov, as well as a secondary school in Asy-Saga.

In 1968, an Atlantik-type refrigerated fishing trawler that operated out of Kaliningrad was named for Kabilov.