 He studied at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.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.Zubair graduated and completed his education in 1971.