sentences:  Born in 1287 AH (1870/1871), he received his early education from his father and later studied hadith under Maulana Gangohi and Maulana Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri.He would routinely recite the entire Qur'an daily.After completing "dawrah" of hadith with Maulana Gangohi, Yahya stayed with him in Gangoh.