Ishaq was born in 1883 CE to a Bengali Muslim family in Feni, Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency.
[1] He studied Islamic studies and Arabic for eleven years in that institution, under Shaykhu'd-Dal'ail Abdul Haqq Muhajir Makki who treated him like his adopted son.
[1] Ishaq also gave financial help to establish mosques, eidgahs and madrasas.
Ishaq wrote an Urdu book titled Ta'lim-e-Haqqani Wa Fuyud-e-Ishaqi.
He kept himself away from active politics but supported the independence movement of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.