Ubaid Iqbal Asim was born on 25 July 1959 (19 Muharram 1379 AH) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh.
[4][5] He began his educational journey at Darul Uloom Deoband, where he completed the Dars-e-Nizami course in 1980.
[1] Asim was honored with the Sir Syed Awareness Forum Award 2019 for his outstanding contributions in his field during the 10th National Seminar organized by the Sir Syed Awareness Forum at Aligarh Mahotsav.
[16] Asim has mastery over Urdu and Arabic languages and has authored numerous books and research articles on academic and scholarly topics.
His notable works include Ghubar-e-Khatir aur Uska Sha'iri Sarmaya, Ijtimai Nizam-e-Zakat, and Insaaf Ki Dastak.