He was born in 1190 AH/1776 AD at Sehwan, a village in Sind on the bank of the Indus, north of Hyderabad. Educated at Zabid, he married a daughter of the then minister of San'a' and was appointed by the Imam of al-Yaman as his ambassador of Egypt. He then had a sojourn to his native land where after staying for a while, he left for al-Hijaz and was appointed by the Egyptian government as the chief of the 'Ulama' of al-Madina. He died at al-Madina, and was buried in al-Baqi' in Rabi' I (Rabi' al-Awwal), 1257 AH/April 1841 AD.[6][7]
Books
He has a number of works to his credit which include:[8]
Tawali' al-Anwar 'ala al-Durr al-Mukhtar (Arabic: طوالع الأنوار على الدر المختار), gloss by al-Sindi on al-Durr al-Mukhtar, which is a commentary by al-Haskafi (d. 1088/1677) on Tanwir al-Absar wa-Jami' al-Bihar by al-Timirtashi (d. 1004/1595).
Sharh Taysir al-Wusul (Arabic: شرح تيسير الوصول) by Ibn Diba' al-Shaybani (d. 944/1537); he writes a commentary on over 1600 hadith.