Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin al-Hussein al-Hashimi الشيخ إسحاق بن أحمد بن محمد بن الحسين الهاشمي Tomb of Sheikh Ishaaq in Maydh, Sanaag, Somaliland Title Sheikh Other names Ash-Shaykh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin al-Hussein bin 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Hamza bin 'Abdullah al-Hashimi al-Qurashi Personal Born 1095 Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate (today Iraq) Died mid 12th century Maydh, modern-day Somaliland Religion Islam Children 12 Ahmed (Tolje'lo) Musa (Je'lo) Muhammad ('Ibran) Ibrahim (Sanbuur) Isma'il (Garhajis) Muhammad (Arap) Ayub Abd al-Rahman (Awal) Dir'an[1] Shareef[2] Mansur[3] Yusuf[4] Era 12th century Lineage Banu Hashim Jurisprudence Shafi'i Creed Ash'ari Main interest(s) Islamic literature, Islamic philosophy Other names Ash-Shaykh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin al-Hussein bin 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Hamza bin 'Abdullah al-Hashimi al-Qurashi