However, he returned to the Ottoman Empire soon, after the declaration of the Ottoman Empire's constitution on 23 July 1908, when the Young Turks revolted against Abdu'l-Hamid II. His father escaped from Constantinople and went to London. Al-Abid joined his father traveling between England, Switzerland, France, and reached Egypt on the eve of World War I.
He returned to the Ottoman Empire after the declaration of the Ottoman Empire's constitution on July 23, 1908, when the Young Turks revolted against Abdu'l-Hamid II. His father fled to London. Al-Abid traveled with his father, visiting England, Switzerland, France before arriving in Egypt just before World War I began.