ghumari was born in the moroccan city of tangier in 1910, and died in the same city in 1993. as a child, he was primarily educated by his father muhammad bin al-siddiq al-ghumari, also an islamic scholar. the younger ghumari memorized the entirety of the qur'an at an early age, in addition to the hadith book bulugh al-maram along with alfiya and ajārūmīya in arabic grammar.