Aqeel Abbas was born at Alipur village in the Indian state of Karnataka. He came from a well-to-do Shia Islamic family who were traders. He did his schooling in Alipur at Bintul-Huda Memorial School and moved to Bengaluru to study Computer Science Engineering at Cambridge Institute of Technology, College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science in 2013 and then worked for his father's business. He also worked as a stock trader, web development & writing books as a part-time in Bengaluru, gives an account of "The Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in Karnataka, India".