Following in the footsteps of his ancestor Abdul Qadir Gilani, Al-Gillani spent the majority of his life in Khalwa (spiritual seclusion) and undertaking Mujahida (spiritual exercises). There is little known about Al-Gillani's life as he would strictly forbid his followers from writing about him. Al-Gillani was very strict in adherence to the laws of Shariah and Tariqah, and until he died he worked tirelessly at propagating the teachings of his ancestor Abdul Qadir Gilani and the other Mashaikh of the Qadiriyya path.