He graduated from Sultanul Madaris and became a teacher, later principal of Madrasatul Waizeen. Maulana Naunaharvi learned the art of oratory from his teacher Allama Sibte Hasan, who was the pioneer of the format of majalises which are recited to the present day.
Maulana Ibne Hasan is renowned for his oratory and Urdu language speeches. He was a pious and sincere scholar with tremendous control over religious matters and reciting majalises. Before his time, majalises in Lucknow and other places contained marsiya, recited by great poets like Meer Babbar Ali Anees and Dabeer.
The new format has Khutba in Arabic, some tafseer, Fazail of Ahlul Bayt then Masaeb of Karbala.
His picturisation of the battlefield and meraj had such an effect on people that the description was said to take the imagination of the listener into the event itself. He travelled a lot and was able to recite a single majalis for 4 hours, not repeating the same topic twice.
His choice of words, extempore flow of Persian, Urdu, and Arabic, control over his audience and making topics interesting made him extremely popular. He was also known as an orator who used to ask his audience to recite salawat more than 100 times in a single majlis.
He continued his teaching work at Sultanul Madaris and then became Principal of Madrasatul Waizeen.
During the last few years of his life he became ill and cut down on travelling. He died at the age of 81 years on March 25, 1980 in Lucknow and was buried in Imambara Ghufran Ma"ab.
Maulana Naunaharvi is known for his beautiful language and delivery of difficult tafseer and Islamic philosophy.
