M.C. Siddi Lebbe found the Colombo Zahira College with the help of Sheikh Badheeb, Orabi Basha, Wappachhi Marikkar and others. Sheikh Badheeb also helped M.C. Siddi Lebbe to open many schools in many places around Sri Lanka. In this period when Muslims scholars made efforts at spiritual revival, Sheikh Badheeb was a great Sufi sheikh who helped develop the Qadiriyya Sufi order in Sri Lanka.[2]