Ebrahim was born in 1946 in Myuthugyi village of Maungdaw. His father was Master Siddique Ahmed. He attended the State High School in Maungdaw. He graduated from the Rangoon Institute of Economics with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1967. He received a post-graduate diploma in economic planning from the Institute of Economics in Rangoon. He later studied accountancy and law, becoming a certified accountant and auditor. He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1967 and worked there till 1983. Since 1984, he has been a lawyer in the High Court of Rangoon.
