Abdul Rashid Godil was born on 7 September 1960 to a Memon middle class family to Ahmed Haji Latif Godil. After independence, his father had migrated from Dhoraji, India to Karachi, Pakistan. His primary education, until matriculation was from V.M. Public School, Dhoraji, managed by the Rangonwala Trust. After matriculation he attended the Government National College of Karachi, and graduated with a degree in Commerce. As a student he began to teach underprivileged students near the college for free, and he liked to do social work for poor and needy people.