Born on November 16, 1916 in the village of Iske Kesher in the territory of the modern Sarmanovsky district of Tatarstan. Having behind him a seven-year school and work experience on a collective farm, in 1935 he moved to Kazan, where, earning his living by working as a digger, a year later he successfully passed the exams at the technical school of Soviet trade. Here he showed himself as a public activist - he took part in literary and musical evenings, went in for sports, was the head of a circle of shooters. After graduating from the technical school, Zinnat Khasanov began working as a commodity expert in Kirov. Three months later he was drafted into the army and sent to courses for junior command personnel. In July 1941, with the rank of lieutenant, he was sent to the front. Commanding a company in the battles near Moscow, Zinnat Khasanov was captured. In the summer of 1942, in the Demblin camp, he met and became friends with Gaynan Kurmashev, and through him with Musa Jalil. In the Idel-Ural legion, Zinnat Khasanov, on the instructions of the underground workers, distributed propaganda leaflets. Later he became a liaison between Jedlin and Berlin. Together with other Jalilovites, he was arrested in August 1943 for underground activities in the Idel-Ural legion. In February 1944, the Second Imperial Court of Germany sentenced Zinnat Khasanov to death. The verdict was carried out in the Pletzensee prison on the guillotine on August 25, 1944 at 12:30. By the decree of the President of the USSR of May 5, 1990, Zinnat Khasanov was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree - for courage and heroism, active underground activity against the German fascist invaders.