Sheikh Muhammad, a descendant of the Noble Prophet Muhammad, began his study under his father, Sayyed Yahya, memorising the Qur'an and acquiring knowledge in many of the Islamic disciplines, including Aqidah, Fiqh, Hadith and Ihsan. He particularly specialises in the fields of Hadith and Tawhid.

He attended al-Azhar University, the Faculty of Usul-udin, the School of Hadith Sciences, where he studied under many scholars. In addition, he was under the tutelage of many stars of this century who resided in Syria, Medina, Makkah, Tangiers, Fez, Rabat, Egypt, Sudan and Jordan. He sat at the feet of, and was authorized by, many scholars such as al-Imam Abdullah bin al-Sidiqq Ghumari, Abul Aziz bin al-Siddiq Ghumari, Ibrahim bin al-Siddiq Ghumari, and Hasan bin al-Siddiq Ghumari, Sheikh Abdullah al-Husayni, Sheikh Muhammad al-Bata'ihi, Sheikh Jamil al-Rifai, Sayyed al-Habib al-Attas of Hadramout and others. Among the scholars he learnt from are Sheikh Abdullah Siraj-Addin, the Ba'Alawi scholars, Sheikh Abdullah al-Talidi, Sheikh Qaribullah of Sudan, the late Muhaddith al-Haramayn Sayyed Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki and many other honourable scholars in Morocco, North Africa, and Hijaz.

He has authored many books in the sciences of Tawhid and Hadith in Arabic, some of which have now been introduced into the English language. He delivers weekly khutbas, which can be viewed online, and participates in many national and international conventions.