Shaykh Muhammad Azhar Iqbal was born and raised in Karachi and traveled to the United States for his undergraduate studies. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and began a Ph.D. program in Economics at New York University prior to returning to Pakistan to pursue his study of the Islamic sciences.

For over a decade the Shaykh has been actively engaged in Dawah activities delivering lectures at different mosques, educational & professional institutions.