Born on 30 September 1963 in Perapat Hulu, Babussalam, Southeast Aceh. He studied at the Ushuluddin Faculty of IAIN Ar-Raniry (BA 1985), took his master's at IAIN Ar-Raniry (1994) and his doctorate at UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta (2006). A lecturer at the Ushuluddin Faculty since 1991, he was its dean (2008–2016) and vice-rector for student affairs and cooperation of UIN Ar-Raniry (2014–2018), and became professor of Islamic philosophy. He is also deputy chair of the Aceh Customary Council (2021–2026) and a deputy Rais of NU Aceh's Syuriyah for 2026–2031.