[3][8][9] Zubair-ul-Ḥasan was born on 30 March 1950 in the town of Kandhla in present-day Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[6] He was a disciple, and subsequently a khaleefa (an accredited successor) of his eminent maternal grandfather Shaikh-ul-Hadees Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi who was also a celebrated Muslim leader and was an early and life-long booster of Tablighi Jamaat.

Maulana Zubair was the leader of the concluding prayers at the world congregations held annually at Bishwa Ijtema Dhaka, Raiwind and Bhopal.

[3][7] In 1969, Maulana Zubair ul Hassan married Tahira Khatoon, daughter of Al-hafiz Ilyas of Shahranpur, one of the sons-in-law of Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi.

The eldest son, Hafiz Maulana Zuhair-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi, has become a well-known negotiator of the Tabligh movement.