[1] Sheikh Mohammed Rashad was born at Laga Arba village near the town of Gelemso, the son of Kabir Abdulle Kabir Mummaya and Amina Bakar.
He learned Qur'an from his father and traveled extensively within the province of Hararghe to acquire further knowledge.
[2] Finished a postgraduate program at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Rashad was appointed by the University as officer at their Burao branch school in northwestern Somalia in 1963.
He convinced Somali authorities to open a Radio Mogadishu's Afan Oromo program.
Sheik Mohammed Rashad Abdulle died at age 79 on May 25, 2013, in Dire Dawa.