Muhammadu Kabir Usman tsohon sarkin Katsina ne, kuma uba ne ga Sarki mai ci a yanzu wato Sarki Abdulmumini Kabir Usman. Sarki Muhammad Kabir ya zama sarki bayan rasuwan mahaifinsa Sarki Usman Nagoggo kuma yaya ne ga Janar Hassan Usman Katsina Wannan Muƙalar guntuwa ce: tana buƙatar a inganta ta, kuna iya gyara ta. An haifeshi a shekarar 1928 a Katsina yayi karatu a makarantar Midil ta Katsina daga shekarar 1941 zuwa shekarar 1947. Sarki yayi kwas na shekara ɗaya a kwalejin ƴan-sanda na Kaduna, kuma an bashi manaja kofu a shekarar 1951, sannan ya zama muƙamin doka a shekarar 1953. Ya kuma yi kwas na ƴansandan ciki (CID) a Lagos, kuma a shekarar 1957 yaje Ingila ya ƙara yin wani kwas akan ƙanannan hukumomi a Midhurst. Sannan ya halarci cibiyar CID na Landon. A shekarar 1959 an naɗa shi Kansikan En’en katsina, mai kula da ƴansanda da kurkuku da samar da ruwa a birane sannan an ƙara naɗa shi shugaban hukumar samar wa birane ruwa da kuma shugabancin ƙugiyar sikaut ta katsina.