: THE MIGRATION
Ishaq's Grandfather, Muhammad, was born in Samarra an ancient city in Iraq. The city is situated on the east bank of the river Tigris.
Muhammad bin Hussein lived most of his life in Samarra until he faced some difficulties with the Abbasid Caliphate at the time.
Muhammad bin Hussein had ancestry with many well-known scholars or Imams whom the shia's are known to praise, scholars such as Imam Jafar As-Sadiq, Imam Hassan Al-Askari, are the ancestors of Muhammad bin Hussein. The descendants of the Prophet (s) or the Household of the Prophet (s) where facing alot of difficulties outside Hijaz at that time. The Khalifa or Caliphate of that time was Amir Ibnu Mustazhir Al Abbas, skirmishes of war broke out between the Amir and Al Muqaddi these skirmishes affected the life of Muhammad which resulted his wives, children and family making Hijra to Al Madina-Tul Munawarra in 498 HA/1104 AD
Muhammad lived his last years comfterbly in the every beautiful city of Madina. He died 505/1111 and was buried in Madina, may Allah's have mercy on his soul.
After a year of his demise , in 506/1112 the immediate and extended family of Muhammad bin Hussein all left Madina to live in different regions of Jaziiratul 3arabiya/Arabian Peninsula. Mansucripts say that they were facing difficulties, and some other reasons that we do not know.
Among the migrates was the son of Muhammad bin Hussein, Ahmad who was now married to Shariffa A'atika Bintu Ali Bin Muhmmad bin Ali
whom she bore him 5 sons.
Those 5 sons namely were Nasir, Dahir, Sufyan, Isaaq and Muhammad.
Ahmad along with his wife and sons migrated to Yemen where Ahmad and his wife eventually died (may allah's have mercy on them), it is believed they settled in Hadhramaut where another tribe whom stem from the prophet (s) household reside. The five boys were born in Madina grew up in Yemen and later set out on their own journeys.
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The Life and Legend of Isaaq
When Isaaq arrived in Yemen, he was 10 years old . He later on travelled to the Saba region of Yemen, he stayed there for 15 years and he preached more about Islam to the locals. The Sultan/Ruler of Saba married his sister to Isaaq. She eventually bore him two sons who's names were Dara'an and Sharif. Sharif's descendants can be found in the town of Al Karab.
After Isaaq left Saba at the age of 32 he preformed Hajj and returned to Yemen. This time he travelled to Al-Jouf. In his stay his uncle Tahir married him to his daughter, she a child who's name was Mansour.
Shaykh Isaaq eventually departed from Yemen, he entered Zaila at the age of 57 years he stayed there for a while and then travelled to Harar the 4th capital in Islam.
The Shaykh built his honour in Harar and was well respected, he was visted by his cousin and friend Sayid Omar Ismail, the Shaykh married a women in Harar from the tribe of Habuushed and she bore him four sons namely :
Ahmad (Tol Je3leh)
Musa ( Habar Je3lo)
Ibrahim (Sanbur)
Muhammad (Cimraan)
The Shaykh along with his friends and cousins Muhammad Al- Basri, Yousef Al-Kownayni, Abdul-Bari bin Hassan Ahdaal and Abu Ghaith, set out in a journey where the Shaykh would lay his spear and would finally rest , they travelled west and west untill they came across a village called Mait. The town was belonged to the somali Magadleh tribe. The Shaykh through his spear and it stayed standing on the ground, he then settled there his sons in Harar were to come later on. The Shaykh along with Kowynani preached to the locals, told them stories, and poems of Islam. The shaykh then had his final and fourth marrige to a somali woman of the local Magadleh dir tribe.
She bore him his four last sons who's names were:
Ayub
Ismail (Garhajis)
Arab
Abdalrahman (Awal)
Shaykh Isaaq's journey-filled life came to a peaceful end in 727/1326 by the sea in the righteous land of Mait which lies opposite to Yemen. His sons built a shrine over him which still stands today and is visited by his descendants, Yousuf Al-Kowynani moved west with Shaykh Isaaq's sons were he taught tajweed and fiqh, he is buried a few kilometres outside Hargeisa and has a shrine built over him. Muhammad Al-Basri who recorded the life of Shaykh Isaaq has a sealed manuscript in the historical library of Damascus, Syria. The hashemites of the Isaaqs were part of the many descendants of the prophet who spread out throughout the land. Today his descendants have well over exceeded 1 Million which is huge in terms of the prophet's family. They spread out throughout Somali lands and have settled there and have heavily inter-married with other tribes. The Isaaqs are the youngest Somali tribe yet today they have heavy influence over other somalis. Truly a sign from Allah that they are the offspring of the prophet (s).
very very sad.
