Dr Abul Kalam Azad is a Madinah Islamic University Graduate and a direct student of Dr V Abdur Rahim (author of the famous Madinah Arabic Books series). He attended regular lessons of renowned Shuyukh at Masjid Nabawi and Madina City: Shaikh Atiyyah Mohammed Salem, Shaikh Umar Follata, Shaikh Abu Bakr Al-Jazairi, Shaikh Muhammad Mukhtar al-Shanqeeti, Shaikh Abdullah Ghunayman. He completed his Masters in Teaching Arabic from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).