 Khan journeyed to acquaint himself with the centres of Islamic importance in India, where he met Sheikh ul-Hadith Muhammad Zakariya al-Kandahlawi (1898–1982) and the reformer Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalawi, from whom he learned dawah and reformation.Soon after, he attended Lucknow University and earned a PhD.Khan is a prolific writer in Urdu.