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'''Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi''' ({{lang-ar|محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي}}; born May 7, 1963) is a [[Syria]]n [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]] and religious leader. He has opposed both [[Bashar al-Assad]] and [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]].<ref name="pbs">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/syrian-cleric-led-funeral-prayers-peter-kassig-speaks-islamic-state-assad/|title=Syrian cleric who led funeral prayers for Peter Kassig speaks out against Islamic State, Assad|work= |location= |publisher=''Eurasia Review''|date=November 21, 2014|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
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'''Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi''' ({{langx|ar|محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي}}; born 7 May 1963) is a [[Syria]]n religious leader and [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]]. He has opposed Syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]] and [[Islamic State]] leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]].<ref name="pbs">{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/syrian-cleric-led-funeral-prayers-peter-kassig-speaks-islamic-state-assad/|title=Syrian cleric who led funeral prayers for Peter Kassig speaks out against Islamic State, Assad|publisher=Eurasia Review|date=21 November 2014|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
==Early life and background==
Al-Yaqoubi was born in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]].<ref name="sacredknowledge">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/270-shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|title=Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Sacred Knowledge|date= |accessdate=August 27, 2011}}</ref> He comes from a family of Islamic scholars who have taught the Islamic sciences for centuries. His father, Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi (d. 1985) was a scholar. His paternal grandfather Ismail al-Yaqoubi (d. 1960) was a scholar and Sufi master. His father's maternal uncle was Arabi al-Yaqoubi (d. 1965), and his paternal uncle was the Gnostic Sharif al-Yaqoubi (d. 1943).<ref name="bahnhof">{{cite web |url=http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb042294Texter/bionotes/bio_yaqoubi_ibrahim.html#bio|title=Bio: Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Bahnhof|date= |accessdate=May 27, 2013}}</ref> Amongst al-Yaqoubi's predecessors three have held the post of [[Maliki]] Imam at the Grand [[Umayyad Mosque]] of [[Damascus]].<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>
Al-Yaqoubi was born in [[Damascus]], Syria.<ref name="sacredknowledge">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/270-shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|title=Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Sacred Knowledge|access-date=27 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826142301/http://sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/270-shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|archive-date=26 August 2011}}</ref> He comes from a family of Islamic scholars that traces its roots back to Morocco and has taught the Islamic sciences for centuries. His father, Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi (d. 1985) was a scholar. His paternal grandfather Ismail Al-Yaqoubi (d. 1960) was a scholar and Sufi master. His father's maternal uncle was Arabi al-Yaqoubi (d. 1965), and his paternal uncle was Sharif al-Yaqoubi (d. 1943).<ref name="bahnhof1">{{cite web |url=http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb042294Texter/bionotes/bio_yaqoubi_ibrahim.html#bio|title=Bio: Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Bahnhof|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> Amongst al-Yaqoubi's predecessors three have held the post of [[Maliki]] Imam at the Grand [[Umayyad Mosque]] of Damascus.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>


He is a descendant of the [[Prophets of Islam|Islamic Prophet]] [[Muhammad]], tracing his lineage through Mawlay Idris al-Anwar, (founder of the city of [[Fès]]), who was a descendant of [[Hasan ibn Ali]], the grandson of Muhammad.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>
Al-Yaqoubi is a descendant of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alkeltawia.com/vb/showthread.php?2759-%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD-%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD-%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD-%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD|title=العلامة إبراهيم اليعقوبي الحَسَني|website=Alkeltawia.com|access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> tracing his lineage through [[Idris II of Morocco|Mawlay Idris II]], (founder of the city of [[Fès]]), who was a descendant of [[Hasan ibn Ali]], the grandson of Muhammad.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>
===Personal life===
In 1985, Al-Yaqoubi's father Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi died<ref name="bahnhof"/>. In 2006, Al-Yaqoubi's first wife Farizah died in a car crash. He published a lengthy memorial testimony in ''[[Q News (British magazine)|Q News]]''.<ref name=Memorial>{{cite web|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080705201644/http://www.q-news.com/ShMuhammadsTribute-QNews.pdf|title= Remembering Al-Hajjah Farizah Rabbat Umm Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi Al-Hasani|accessdate=10 September 2015|author= Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi Al-Hasani|publisher= Q News}}</ref><ref name=Bahnhof2>{{cite web|url= http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb042294Texter/bionotes/bio_fariza.html|title= Obituary for AL-HAJJAH FARIZAH RABBAT UMM IBRAHIM AL-YAQOUBI AL-HASANI|accessdate=10 September 2015|author= Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi Al-Hasani|publisher=Bahnhof}}</ref> He has three children.<ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy"/>


==Education==
==Education==
Al-Yaqoubi's father took care of his upbringing, and he was both his teacher and spiritual master. His father gave him several [[ijazah]], or certificates of authority to teach, narrate and issue legal rulings under [[Islamic law]].<ref name="bahnhof"/><ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy">{{cite web |url=http://www.gatewaytodivinemercy.com/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi.html|title=Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Gateway To Divine Mercy|date= |accessdate=October 30, 2011}}</ref>
Al-Yaqoubi's father took care of his upbringing, and he was both his teacher and spiritual master. His father gave him several [[ijazah]], or certificates of authority to teach, narrate and issue legal rulings under [[Islamic law]].<ref name="bahnhof1"/><ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy">{{cite web |url=http://www.gatewaytodivinemercy.com/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi.html|title=Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Gateway To Divine Mercy|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>


Al-Yaqoubi also received training from his father in [[Sufism]], until he attained qualification as a murshid and the rank of a spiritual master in the Sufi tradition.<ref name="bahnhof"/><ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy"/>
Al-Yaqoubi also received training from his father in [[Sufism]], until he attained qualification as a murshid and the rank of a spiritual master in the Sufi tradition.<ref name="bahnhof1"/><ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy"/>


Al-Yaqoubi has also received ijazat from prominent scholars of Syria including: the Maliki Mufti of Syria, Makki al-Kittani; the Hanafi Mufti of Syria, Muhammad Abul Yusr Abidin; Ali al-Boudaylimi of [[Tlemcen]], Abdul Aziz Uyun al-Sud, Salih al-Khatib,<ref name="sacredknowledge"/> Zayn al-'Abideen at-Tounisi, Muhammad Wafa al-Qassaaband and [[Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri]] of Damascus.<ref name="academic">{{cite web |url=http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1310322|title=Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=Academic|date= |accessdate=May 27, 2013}}</ref>
Al-Yaqoubi has also received ijazat from prominent scholars of Syria including: the Maliki Mufti of Syria, Makki al-Kittani; the Hanafi Mufti of Syria, Muhammad Abul Yusr Abidin; Ali al-Boudaylimi al-Tilimsani of [[Algeria]], Abdul Aziz Uyun al-Sud of [[Homs]], Salih al-Khatib,<ref name="sacredknowledge"/> Zayn al-'Abideen at-Tounisi of [[Tunisia]], Muhammad Wafa al-Qassaab and [[Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri]] of [[Damascus]].{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}


In 1987, al-Yaqoubi completed a degree in [[Arabic Literature]] at the [[Damascus University|University of Damascus]] within the Faculty of Islamic Law.<ref name="carnegie-mec">{{cite web |url=http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=51284|title=Profiles of Syrian Sunni Clerics in the Uprising|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=May 25, 2013|accessdate=May 27, 2013}} Muhammad al-Yaqoubi</ref> He then studied philosophy for two years at the [[Beirut Arab University]].<ref name="deenintensive">{{cite web |url=http://www.deenintensive.com/our-teachers/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|title=Teachers|publisher=Deen Intensive Foundation|date= |accessdate=November 25, 2011}}</ref>
In 1987, al-Yaqoubi completed a degree in [[Arabic Literature]] at the [[Damascus University|University of Damascus]] within the Faculty of Islamic Law.<ref name="carnegie-mec">{{cite web |url=http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=51284|title=Profiles of Syrian Sunni Clerics in the Uprising|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=25 May 2013|access-date=27 May 2013}} Muhammad al-Yaqoubi</ref> He then studied philosophy for two years at the [[Beirut Arab University]].<ref name="deenintensive">{{cite web|url=http://www.deenintensive.com/our-teachers/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|title=Teachers|publisher=Deen Intensive Foundation|access-date=25 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601014908/http://www.deenintensive.com/our-teachers/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|archive-date=1 June 2012}}</ref>


In 1991, he joined the [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] program of [[linguistics]] in the Oriental Studies Department of the [[University of Gothenburg]].<ref name="deenintensive"/> In Sweden, he worked as a researcher and teacher of [[Arabic literature]].<ref name="deenintensive"/> In 1999, the Swedish Islamic Society appointed him mufti of Sweden.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/> In 1992, he moved to England and completed the FCE, CAE, CCS, and CPE Cambridge courses in English within a year, before returning to Sweden where he continued his studies in Swedish.<ref name="academic"/> Al-Yaqoubi has studied seven languages.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>
In 1991, he joined the [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] program of [[linguistics]] in the Oriental Studies Department of the [[University of Gothenburg]].<ref name="deenintensive"/> In Sweden, he worked as a researcher and teacher of [[Arabic literature]].<ref name="deenintensive"/> In 1999, the Swedish Islamic Society appointed him mufti of Sweden.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/> Al-Yaqoubi is "fluent in several languages including Arabic, English, and Swedish" <ref name="sacredknowledge"/><ref name="sacredknowledge.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://sacredknowledge.co.uk/our-teachers/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi/ |title=Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi – Sacred Knowledge {{!}} Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi |website=sacredknowledge.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118144950/http://sacredknowledge.co.uk/our-teachers/shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi/ |archive-date=2016-01-18}}</ref> and sacred knowledge organisation states that he has trained several hundreds of scholars, imams and preachers <ref name="sacredknowledge"/><ref name="sacredknowledge.co.uk"/>


==Career==
==Career==
Al-Yaqoubi started teaching [[Quran|Qur'an]] studies and recitation at the Darwishiyya Mosque at the age of 11. He delivered his first Friday sermon at the age of 14 at al-Saadaat Mosque, was appointed as Friday Imam and speaker ([[Khatib]]) at the age of 17 and was appointed as a teacher of Islamic studies at the age of 20.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>
Al-Yaqoubi started teaching [[Quran|Qur'an]] studies and recitation at the Darwishiyya Mosque at the age of 11. He delivered his first Friday sermon at the age of 14 at al-Saadaat Mosque, was appointed as Friday Imam and speaker ([[Khatib]]) at the age of 17 and was appointed as a teacher of Islamic studies at the age of 20.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/>


In the mid-2000s, al-Yaqoubi returned to Syria and began preaching been teaching the Islamic sciences such as [[Islamic theology|Aqidah]] (Islamic theology), [[Tafsir]] (Qur'anic exegesis), [[Hadith]] (Prophetic tradition), [[Tasawwuf]] (Sciences of the heart), [[Fiqh]] (Islamic jurisprudence), [[Usul al-fiqh|Usul]] (origins and fundamentals), [[Hadith terminology|Mustalah]] (hadith terminology), and [[Arabic grammar|Nahw]] (Arabic grammar).<ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy"/>
In the mid-2000s, al-Yaqoubi returned to Syria and began preaching and teaching the Islamic sciences such as [[Islamic theology|Aqidah]] (Islamic theology), [[Tafsir]] (Qur'anic exegesis), [[Hadith]] (Prophetic tradition), [[Tasawwuf]] (Sciences of the heart), [[Fiqh]] (Islamic jurisprudence), [[Usul al-fiqh|Usul]] (origins and fundamentals), [[Hadith terminology|Mustalah]] (hadith terminology), and [[Arabic grammar|Nahw]] (Arabic grammar).<ref name="gatewaytodivinemercy"/>


Al-Yaqoubi previously resided in Damascus and was a public teacher at institutions there. He taught Islamic theology at the Umayyad Mosque; and he held the position of [[Jumu'ah]] [[Khatib]] (Friday speaker) at the Jami' al-Hasan Mosque; at the Mosque of [[Ibn Arabi]], he taught from al-Risalah of [[Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri]] and [[Shamaail Tirmidhi]] of [[Tirmidhi]]. He was a public speaker in both Arabic and English.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/> In June 2011, al-Yaqoubi was forced into exile by the Assad government and moved to Morocco.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/>
Al-Yaqoubi previously resided in Damascus and was a public teacher at institutions there. He taught Islamic theology at the Umayyad Mosque; and he held the position of [[Jumu'ah]] [[Khatib]] (Friday speaker) at the Jami' al-Hasan Mosque; at the Mosque of [[Ibn Arabi]], he taught from al-Risalah of [[Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri]] and [[Shamaail Tirmidhi]] of [[Tirmidhi]]. He was a public speaker in both Arabic and English.<ref name="sacredknowledge"/> In June 2011, al-Yaqoubi was forced into exile by the Assad government and moved to Morocco.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/>


Al-Yaqoubi is currently writing, publishing new works and continuing to teach under Sacred Knowledge, an initiative dedicated to the spreading of orthodox Islam.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sacredknowledge.co.uk/ |title=Sacred Knowledge &#124; Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi |access-date=26 August 2016 |archive-date=26 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826171824/http://sacredknowledge.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Al-Yaqoubi continues to teach both locally and abroad, teaching both sacred knowledge at various retreats throughout Europe and the USA <ref>{{Cite web|title = The Prophet of Mercy: His Description & Character|url = http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/index.php/news-events/entry/47-the-prophet-of-mercy-his-description-character|accessdate = 2015-09-10}}</ref> as well as delivering lectures regarding the Un-Islamic state of ISIS <ref>{{Cite web|title = The Un-Islamic State: How ISIS Distorts Islam|url = http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/index.php/news-events/entry/46-the-un-islamic-state-how-isis-distorts-islam|accessdate = 2015-09-10}}</ref>.


==Involvement in the Syrian Revolution 2011–present==
==Involvement in the Syrian Civil War 2011–present==
{{See also|Syrian Civil War}}
{{See also|Syrian Civil War}}
In April 2011, al-Yaqoubi was one of the first Sunni clerics to express his support for the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian uprising]] and condemn the [[Council of Ministers (Syria)|Syrian government]]'s response to peaceful demonstrations.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/><ref name="sacredknowledgemedia">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTQHumyN5kM|title=أحداث سورية خطبة الجمعة للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي من دمشق|publisher=''sacredknowledgemedia''|date=April 10, 2011|accessdate=May 27, 2013}}</ref> In August 2011, the [[BBC]] reported that al-Yaqoubi had called for more international pressure on the government of Syria after Government forces renewed their crackdown on protesters.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14507163|title=Cleric calls for international pressure on Assad regime|work= |location=Birmingham|publisher=''[[BBC World News]]''|date=August 12, 2011|accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref>
In April 2011, al-Yaqoubi was one of the first Sunni clerics to express his support for the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian uprising]] and condemn the [[Council of Ministers (Syria)|Syrian government]]'s response to peaceful demonstrations.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/><ref name="sacredknowledgemedia">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTQHumyN5kM|title=أحداث سورية خطبة الجمعة للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي من دمشق|publisher=sacredknowledgemedia|date=10 April 2011|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> In August 2011, the [[BBC]] reported that al-Yaqoubi had called for more international pressure on the government of Syria after Government forces renewed their crackdown on protesters.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14507163|title=Cleric calls for international pressure on Assad regime|location=Birmingham|publisher=[[BBC World News]]|date=12 August 2011|access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref> He was forced into exile in 2011.


Despite other leading scholars initially calling for minor reforms, al-Yaqoubi was early to demand the resignation of President [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref name="State and Islam in Baathist Syria">{{cite book |last1=Khatib|first1=Line|last2=Lefèvre|first2=Raphaël|last3=Qureshi|first3=Jawad|title=State and Islam in Baathist Syria: Confrontation or Co-optation?|year=2012|publisher=St Andrews Papers on Contemporary Syria|page= |isbn=978-0-9568732-0-0}}</ref>
Despite other leading scholars initially calling for minor reforms, al-Yaqoubi was early to demand the resignation of President [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref name="State and Islam in Baathist Syria">{{cite book |last1=Khatib|first1=Line|last2=Lefèvre|first2=Raphaël|last3=Qureshi|first3=Jawad|title=State and Islam in Baathist Syria: Confrontation or Co-optation?|year=2012|publisher=St Andrews Papers on Contemporary Syria|isbn=978-0-9568732-0-0}}</ref>


Al-Yaqoubi initially fully supported [[Kofi Annan]]'s "Six-point plan" urging for "international pressure on Russia and China" to force the end of the conflict in Syria.<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia3">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZVkPWXA0g|title=Syrian Revolution: Sky News interviews Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi 19-06-12|publisher=''sacredknowledgemedia''|date=June 19, 2012|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref>
Al-Yaqoubi initially fully supported [[Kofi Annan]]'s "[[Kofi Annan Syrian peace plan|Six-point plan]]" urging for "international pressure on Russia and China" to force the end of the conflict in Syria.<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia3">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZVkPWXA0g|title=Syrian Revolution: Sky News interviews Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi 19-06-12|publisher=sacredknowledgemedia|date=19 June 2012|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>


As the conflict has protracted, al-Yaqoubi publicly urged Jordan and Turkey to intervene militarily in Syria "to save the Syrian people", voicing frustration at the failure of the international community to intervene.<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia3"/> In addition, he believes that any intervention will be undertaken by the [[United Nations]], [[NATO]], or the [[United States]] because it's "more realistic".<ref name="eurasiareview">{{cite news|last=Landis|first=Joshua|url=http://www.eurasiareview.com/02062013-syrias-sheikh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi-interviewed/|title=Syria's Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi Interviewed|publisher=Eurasia Review|date=3 June 2013|access-date=3 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609090116/http://www.eurasiareview.com/02062013-syrias-sheikh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi-interviewed/|archive-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>
He advocates the establishment of a democratic free state in Syria alongside championing the "vital role" of the [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]] in preventing the break-up of Syrian society after the fall of Assad.<ref name="syria">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://syria.nur.nu/2013/04/21/3967|title=Shaykh Al-Yaqoubi calls for a military intervention in Syria|work= |location= |publisher=''Syria.nur.nu''|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref>


As the conflict has protracted, al-Yaqoubi publicly urged Jordan and Turkey to intervene militarily in Syria "to save the Syrian people", voicing frustration at the failure of the international community to intervene.<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia3"/> In addition, he believes that any intervention will be undertaken by the [[United Nations]], [[NATO]], or the [[United States]] because it's "more realistic".<ref name="eurasiareview">{{cite news |last=Landis|first=Joshua|url=http://www.eurasiareview.com/02062013-syrias-sheikh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi-interviewed/|title=Syria’s Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi Interviewed|work= |location= |publisher=''Eurasia Review''|date=June 3, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref>
Al-Yaqoubi has been an active participant in the political process to form a credible political alternative to the Assad government. However, due to political intrigue, his appointment to be a full member of the [[Syrian National Council]] was blocked almost as soon as it was to be formally confirmed.<ref name="joshualandis">{{cite news |last=Barber|first=Matthew |url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/brotherhood-figures-block-yaqoubis-appointment-post-confirmation/|title=Brotherhood Figures Block Yaqoubi's Appointment, Post-Confirmation|publisher=[[Syria Comment]]|date=27 May 2013|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>


Since the start of the Syrian uprising, al-Yaqoubi has campaigned internationally to provide humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees. In December 2012, he led a convoy for the delivery of "vast quantities of food, baby food and blankets" to displaced Syrians in Turkey.<ref name="sktwelfare">{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Matthew|url=http://www.sktwelfare.org/Latest-News-and-Articles/Shaykh-al-Yaqoubi-Visits-Syrian-Refugee-Camp|title=Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Visits Syrian Refugee Camp|publisher=SKT Welfare|date=27 May 2013|access-date=3 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705015632/http://www.sktwelfare.org/Latest-News-and-Articles/Shaykh-al-Yaqoubi-Visits-Syrian-Refugee-Camp|archive-date=5 July 2013}}</ref>
Al-Yaqoubi has been an active participant in the political process to form a credible political alternative to the Assad government. However, due to political intrigue, his appointment to be a full member of the [[Syrian National Council]] was blocked almost as soon as it was to be formally confirmed.<ref name="joshualandis">{{cite news |last=Barber|first=Matthew |url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/brotherhood-figures-block-yaqoubis-appointment-post-confirmation/|title=Brotherhood Figures Block Yaqoubi’s Appointment, Post-Confirmation|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Syria Comment]]''|date=May 27, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref>


Consequently, he fled the country after the Syrian regime tried to silence him<ref name="majalla">{{cite news|last=Hussein|first=Tam|url=http://eng.majalla.com/2013/08/article55244571|title=Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Jihad and Syria|publisher=The Majalla Magazine|date=13 August 2013|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031946/http://eng.majalla.com/2013/08/article55244571|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> after he publicly criticised the ruling [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]],<ref name="bbc3">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01w4v2r|title=Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=[[BBC World Service]]|date=31 March 2014|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> calling on the president to step down<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|last=Krever|first=Mick|url=http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/11/17/cleric-isis-chief-al-baghdadi-is-going-to-hell/|title=Sunni cleric: ISIS chief al-Baghdadi 'is going to hell'|publisher=[[CNN.com]]|date=17 November 2014|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120192713/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/11/17/cleric-isis-chief-al-baghdadi-is-going-to-hell/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and supporting the Syrian uprising.<ref name="bbc3"/> He is currently in exile in Morocco, helping to deliver humanitarian aid, and is in regular contact with Syrian fighters who consult him on the moral and spiritual issues raised by their struggle.<ref name="majalla"/> After his exile from Syria, he has taken part in a sustained international effort to provide aid for the Syrian people. He has publicly urged the international community to "implement help immediately"<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia4">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOq1DSHKE8w|title=Syrian Revolution: Channel 4 News (UK) interviews Sh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi 06-07-12|publisher=sacredknowledgemedia|date=7 July 2012|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> and to "lift the siege" on Syria in an interview with [[Sky News]].<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia3"/>
Since the start of the Syrian uprising, al-Yaqoubi has campaigned internationally to provide humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees. In December 2012, he led a convoy for the delivery of "vast quantities of food, baby food and blankets" to displaced Syrians in Turkey.<ref name="sktwelfare">{{cite news |last=Barber|first=Matthew |url=http://www.sktwelfare.org/Latest-News-and-Articles/Shaykh-al-Yaqoubi-Visits-Syrian-Refugee-Camp|title=Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Visits Syrian Refugee Camp|work= |location= |publisher=''SKT Welfare''|date=May 27, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref>


In August 2013, al-Yaqoubi said he wants the [[Free Syrian Army]] (FSA) to open a register in which fighters, civilians and administrators can be organized and given an identification number. He also thinks there should be recruitment centers in major towns and cities in the Middle East to pre-empt individual efforts, where those who want to fight can be vetted and trained under the FSA 's supervision.<ref name="majalla"/>
Consequently, he fled the country after the Syrian regime tried to silence him<ref name="majalla">{{cite news |last=Hussein|first=Tam|url=http://eng.majalla.com/2013/08/article55244571|title=Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi on Jihad and Syria|work= |location= |publisher=''The Majalla Magazine''|date=August 13, 2013|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref> after he publicly criticised the ruling [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]],<ref name="bbc3">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01w4v2r|title=Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi|publisher=''[[BBC World Service]]''|date=March 31, 2014|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref> calling on the president to step down.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news |last=Krever|first=Mick|url=http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/11/17/cleric-isis-chief-al-baghdadi-is-going-to-hell/|title=Sunni cleric: ISIS chief al-Baghdadi ‘is going to hell’|work= |location= |publisher=''[[CNN.com]]''|date=November 17, 2014|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref> and supporting the Syrian uprising.<ref name="bbc3"/> He is currently in exile in Morocco, helping to deliver humanitarian aid, and is in regular contact with Syrian fighters who consult him on the moral and spiritual issues raised by their struggle.<ref name="majalla"/> After his exile from Syria, he has taken part in a sustained international effort to provide aid for the Syrian people. He has publically urged the international community to "implement help immediately"<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia4">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOq1DSHKE8w|title=Syrian Revolution: Channel 4 News (UK) interviews Sh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi 06-07-12|publisher=''sacredknowledgemedia''|date=July 7, 2012|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref> and to "lift the siege" on Syria in an interview with [[Sky News]].<ref name="sacredknowledgemedia3"/>


In September 2014, al-Yaqoubi co-signed an open letter to [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) chief [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] saying "misinterpreted Islam into a religion of harshness, brutality, torture and murder"<ref name="pbs"/> and refuting the ideological foundation of ISIS, banning Muslims from joining it and making it clear that this is non-Islamic, anti-Islam.<ref name="cnn"/> In November 2014, he led prayers at the [[Salat al-Janazah|funeral]] of the American [[Peter Kassig]].<ref name="pbs"/> In an interview with [[CNN]]'s [[Christiane Amanpour]] he condemned the killing of Kassig by ISIL and said, "We have to speak loud and very clear that Muslims and Islam have nothing to do with this... ISIS has no nationality. Its nationality is terror, savagery, and hatred."<ref name="cnn"/> In the same month in an interview with [[Margaret Warner]] on ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' he said of al-Baghdadi, "He's against Islam. He's [[Kafir|non-Muslim]], according to the Muslim standards, because he's allowing people to kill Muslims, referring to the Book of Allah [Quran], wrongly using religious texts. This is anti-Islamic. He's going against God. He's going against the message of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon him. If he repents and come in a court and defend himself, he won't have any one single verse of the Quran to defend his opinion in killing innocent people."<ref name="pbs"/> In March 2015, he said that ISIL has a sophisticated system of fallacies, and he referred to the extremists as "ignorant", "stupid" and "arrogant".<ref name="dispatch">{{cite news |last=Viviano|first=JoAnne|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2015/02/20/terrorists-distort-islam-muslim-scholar-tells-hilliard-interfaith-event.html|title=Terrorists distort Islam, Muslim scholar tells Hilliard interfaith event|location=Columbus|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|date=20 February 2015|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi refuted [[Ahmed al-Sharaa]] following his interview with [[Al Jazeera Media Network]]
In August 2013, al-Yaqoubi said he wants the [[Free Syrian Army]] (FSA) to open a register in which fighters, civilians and administrators can be organized and given an identification number. He also thinks there should be recruitment centers in major towns and cities in the Middle East to pre-empt individual efforts, where those who want to fight can be vetted and trained under FSA supervision.<ref name="majalla"/>

In September 2014, al-Yaqoubi co-signed an open letter to [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) chief [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] saying "misinterpreted Islam into a religion of harshness, brutality, torture and murder..."<ref name="pbs">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/syrian-cleric-led-funeral-prayers-peter-kassig-speaks-islamic-state-assad/|title=Syrian cleric who led funeral prayers for Peter Kassig speaks out against Islamic State, Assad|work= |location= |publisher=''Eurasia Review''|date=November 21, 2014|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref> and refuting the ideological foundation of ISIS, banning Muslims from joining it and making it clear that this is non-Islamic, anti-Islam.<ref name="cnn"/> In November 2014, he led prayers at the [[Salat al-Janazah|funeral]] of Kassig.<ref name="pbs"/> In an interview with [[CNN]]'s [[Christiane Amanpour]] he condemned the ISIS killing of the American [[Peter Kassig]] and said, "We have to speak loud and very clear that Muslims and Islam have nothing to do with this... ISIS has no nationality. Its nationality is terror, savagery, and hatred."<ref name="cnn"/> In the same month in an interview with [[Margaret Warner]] on ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' he said of al-Baghdadi, "He's against Islam. He's [[Kafir|non-Muslim]], according to the Muslim standards, because he's allowing people to kill Muslims, referring to the Book of Allah [Quran], wrongly using religious texts. This is anti-Islamic. He's going against God. He's going against the message of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon him. If he repents and come in a court and defend himself, he won't have any one single verse of the Quran to defend his opinion in killing innocent people."<ref name="pbs"/> In March 2015, he said the ISIL has a sophisticated system of fallacies, and he referred to the extremists as "ignorant", "stupid" and "arrogant".<ref name="dispatch">{{cite news |last=Viviano|first=JoAnne|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2015/02/20/terrorists-distort-islam-muslim-scholar-tells-hilliard-interfaith-event.html|title=Terrorists distort Islam, Muslim scholar tells Hilliard interfaith event|work= |location=Columbus|publisher=''[[The Columbus Dispatch]]''|date=February 20, 2015|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref>


==Views==
==Views==
On January 22, 2010, al-Yaqoubi refuted the comments made by Mufti of Syria [[Ahmad Bader Hassoun]] on January 19, 2010 about the Prophet Muhammad.<ref name="jpost">{{cite news |last=Gelfond Feldinger|first=Lauren|url=http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Article.aspx?id=166295|title=The lonely man of peace|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''|date=January 21, 2010|accessdate=October 30, 2011}}</ref> Al-Ya'qoubi explained the necessity to obey the Messenger in every command including the news about the [[Quran|Qur'an]] and the names of the prophets. Al-Ya'qoubi asserted, "we know that [[Islamic view of Moses|Moses]] and [[Jesus in Islam|Jesus]] are [[Prophets in Islam|prophets]] only because our Prophet Muhammad told us so. Had he told us otherwise, we would have had to believe him...believing in Moses and Jesus does not imply the validity of [[People of the Book|Judaism and Christianity]] of today." He also asked Mufti Hassoun to resign his job out of embarrassment and to protect the dignity of Islam and the integrity of the [[Ulema|Islamic scholars]] of Syria. The following day al-Yaqoubi was dismissed as Friday public speaker of al-Hasan Masjid in [[Abu Rummaneh]], Damascus<ref name="qatarliving">{{cite news |last= |first=Lauren|url=http://www.qatarliving.com/node/903627|title= Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al Yaqubi Dismissed....|work= |location=Qatar|publisher=''Qatar Living''|date=February 3, 2010|accessdate=October 30, 2011}}</ref> by the government. Six months later he was re-instated.<ref name="Khaadimone Fakename">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzPsDSh5zfI|title=‫الرد على مفتي سورية أحمد حسون للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي|publisher=''Khaadimone Fakename''|date=February 16, 2010|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}</ref>
On 24 January 2010, al-Yaqoubi refuted the comments made by Mufti of Syria [[Ahmad Bader Hassoun]] on 19 January 2010 about Muhammad.<ref name="jpost">{{cite news |last=Gelfond Feldinger|first=Lauren|url=http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Article.aspx?id=166295|title=The lonely man of peace|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=21 January 2010|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> Al-Ya'qoubi explained the necessity to obey the Messenger in every command including the news about the [[Quran|Qur'an]] and the names of the prophets. Al-Ya'qoubi asserted, "we know that [[Islamic view of Moses|Moses]] and [[Jesus in Islam|Jesus]] are [[Prophets in Islam|prophets]] only because our Prophet Muhammad told us so. Had he told us otherwise, we would have had to believe him...believing in Moses and Jesus does not imply the validity of [[People of the Book|Judaism and Christianity]] of today." He also asked Mufti Hassoun to resign his job out of embarrassment and to protect the dignity of Islam and the integrity of the [[Ulema|Islamic scholars]] of Syria. The following day al-Yaqoubi was dismissed as Friday public speaker of al-Hasan Masjid in [[Abu Rummaneh]], Damascus<ref name="qatarliving">{{cite news |last=honey pot |url=http://www.qatarliving.com/asian-sub-continent/posts/shaykh-sayyid-muhammad-al-yaqubi-dismissed|title= Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al Yaqubi Dismissed....|location=Qatar|publisher=Qatar Living|date=3 February 2010|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref> by the government. Six months later he was re-instated.<ref name="Khaadimone Fakename">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzPsDSh5zfI|title=الرد على مفتي سورية أحمد حسون للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي|publisher=Khaadimone Fakename|date=16 February 2010|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>


On June 21, 2010, al-Yaqoubi declared on [[Takbeer TV]]'s programme ''Sunni Talk'' that the [[Mujaddid]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]] was [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi|Ahmed Raza Khan]], and said that a follower of [[Sunni Islam|Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah]] can be identified by his love of Khan, and that those outside of that those outside the Ahlus Sunnah are identified by their attacks on him.<ref name="takbeertv">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b92u3Rh7oUc|title=Shaykh Yaqoubi Advocates Imam Ahmed Raza as a Mujaddid from Indian Subcontinent !!!!|work=Sunni Talk|location= |publisher=''[[Takbeer TV]]''|date=June 21, 2010|accessdate=August 19, 2011}}</ref>
On 21 June 2010, al-Yaqoubi declared on [[Takbeer TV]]'s programme ''Sunni Talk'' that the [[Mujaddid]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]] was [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi|Ahmed Raza Khan]], and said that a follower of [[Sunni Islam|Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah]] can be identified by his love of Khan, and that those outside of that (those outside the Ahlus Sunnah) are identified by their attacks on him.<ref name="takbeertv">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b92u3Rh7oUc|title=Shaykh Yaqoubi Advocates Imam Ahmed Raza as a Mujaddid from Indian Subcontinent !!!!|work=Sunni Talk|publisher=[[Takbeer TV]]|date=21 June 2010|access-date=19 August 2011}}</ref>


On August 18, 2011, al-Yaqoubi led prayers from a stage in Summerfield Park, [[Winson Green]], [[Birmingham]] to some 20,000 people who gathered to remember three men killed while attempting to protect their neighbourhood from rioters and looters during the [[2011 England riots|England riots]]. At the ceremony he said that "they made themselves an example of what a Muslim should be and what Islam is"<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |last=Dawkins|first=Andrew|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14573819|title=Birmingham riots: Crowds mourn riot death 'martyrs'|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=August 18, 2011|accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref> and that "these three people are martyrs and the best we can do for them is to pray for them and for ourselves - to pray for our community."<ref name="sky">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16060338|title=Man, 29, Charged With Birmingham Riot Murders|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Sky News]]''|date= September 1, 2011|accessdate= May 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Britten|first=Nick|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8709418/Birmingham-riots-thousands-gather-for-funerals-of-three-men-killed-protecting-community.html|title=Birmingham riots: thousands gather for funerals of three men killed protecting community|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=August 18, 2011|accessdate= May 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="thesun">{{cite news |last=Caroe|first=Laura|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3760729/Final-farewell-to-riot-heroes.html|title=Final farewell to riot heroes|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''|date=August 18, 2011|accessdate= May 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Rajeev|first=Syal|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/18/birmingham-riot-victims-buried |title=Birmingham riots: funeral held for hit-and-run victims|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=August 18, 2011|accessdate= May 4, 2011}}</ref> He asked for 18 August to be made a "day not of mourning and sadness but a day of bravery."<ref name="dailymail">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2027505/Birmingham-riots-2011-Thousands-gather-Haroon-Jahan-Shazad-Ali-Abdul-Musavir.html|title=Tribute to the 'riot martyrs': 20,000 gather to remember three Asian men mown down while protecting community from looters|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=August 19, 2011|accessdate= May 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="sunday-guardian">{{cite news |last=Menon|first=Lakshan|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/thousands-flock-to-funeral-of-birmingham-riot-victims|title=Thousands flock to funeral of Birmingham riot victims|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Sunday Guardian]]''|date=August 21, 2011|accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref>
On 18 August 2011, al-Yaqoubi led prayers from a stage in Summerfield Park, [[Winson Green]], [[Birmingham]] to some 20,000 people who gathered to remember three men killed while attempting to protect their neighbourhood from rioters and looters during the [[2011 England riots|England riots]]. At the ceremony he said that "they made themselves an example of what a Muslim should be and what Islam is"<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |last=Dawkins|first=Andrew|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14573819|title=Birmingham riots: Crowds mourn riot death 'martyrs'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=18 August 2011|access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref> and that "these three people are martyrs and the best we can do for them is to pray for them and for ourselves - to pray for our community."<ref name="sky">{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16060338|title=Man, 29, Charged With Birmingham Riot Murders|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date= 1 September 2011|access-date= 4 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Britten|first=Nick|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8709418/Birmingham-riots-thousands-gather-for-funerals-of-three-men-killed-protecting-community.html|title=Birmingham riots: thousands gather for funerals of three men killed protecting community|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=18 August 2011|access-date= 4 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Rajeev|first=Syal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/18/birmingham-riot-victims-buried |title=Birmingham riots: funeral held for hit-and-run victims|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 August 2011|access-date= 4 May 2011}}</ref> He asked for 18 August to be made a "day not of mourning and sadness but a day of bravery."<<ref name="sunday-guardian">{{cite news|last=Menon|first=Lakshan|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/thousands-flock-to-funeral-of-birmingham-riot-victims|title=Thousands flock to funeral of Birmingham riot victims|newspaper=[[The Sunday Guardian]]|date=21 August 2011|access-date=4 May 2011|archive-date=1 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901033453/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/thousands-flock-to-funeral-of-birmingham-riot-victims|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Al-Yaqoubi had been a critic of [[Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti]]'s stance of supporting the Syrian government. However after Al-Bouti's assassination on March 21, 2013, al-Yaqoubi claimed that Al-Bouti was a martyr and that he had been privately readying to defect from the Syrian government.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/>
Al-Yaqoubi had been a critic of [[Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti]]'s stance of supporting the Syrian government. However, after Al-Bouti's assassination on 21 March 2013, al-Yaqoubi claimed that Al-Bouti was a martyr and that he had been privately readying to defect from the Syrian government.<ref name="carnegie-mec"/>


In August 2013, al-Yaqoubi said: "Animosity against a state cannot be declared by individuals or groups; no Islamic government is in a state of war with the UK; they all have diplomatic relations and therefore, any attack against UK citizens or interests would be deemed as un-Islamic and illegal in the [[Sharia|Shari’a]], regardless of whether we approve of UK policies or not, or its government..."<ref name="majalla"/>
In August 2013, al-Yaqoubi said: "Animosity against a state cannot be declared by individuals or groups; no Islamic government is in a state of war with the UK; they all have diplomatic relations and therefore, any attack against UK citizens or interests would be deemed as un-Islamic and illegal in the [[Sharia|Shari’a]], regardless of whether we approve of UK policies or not, or its government".<ref name="majalla"/>


==Recognition==
==Awards==
In 2012, al-Yaqoubi was listed in ''[[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]]'' by [[Georgetown University]]'s [[Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding]] and the [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]] of Jordan.<ref name="themuslim500">{{cite web |url=http://themuslim500.com/profile/sheikh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|title=Sheikh Muhammad Al Yaqoubi|publisher=The Muslim 500|date=November 2012|accessdate=May 27, 2013}}</ref>
In 2012, al-Yaqoubi was listed in ''[[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]]'' by [[Georgetown University]]'s [[Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding]] and the [[Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre]] of Jordan <ref name="themuslim500">{{cite web |url=http://themuslim500.com/profile/sheikh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi|title=Sheikh Muhammad Al Yaqoubi|publisher=The Muslim 500|date=November 2012|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> as well as being listed in the honourable mentions in both 2015 and 2016 <ref>{{Cite web|title = Honourable Mentions {{!}} The Muslim 500|url = http://themuslim500.com/honourable-mentions|website = themuslim500.com|access-date = 15 February 2016|archive-date = 17 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160317142550/http://themuslim500.com/honourable-mentions|url-status = dead}}</ref>


==Personal life==
In 1985, al-Yaqoubi's father, Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi, died.<ref name="bahnhof1"/> In 2006, al-Yaqoubi's first wife, Farizah, died in a car accident.<ref name="q-news">{{cite news|last=Al-Yaqoubi Al-Hasani |first=Shaykh Muhammad |url=http://www.q-news.com/ShMuhammadsTribute-QNews.pdf |title=Remembering Al-Hajjah Farizah Rabbat Umm Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi Al-Hasani |publisher=[[Q News (British magazine)|Q News]] |date=May 2006 |access-date=10 September 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705201644/http://www.q-news.com/ShMuhammadsTribute-QNews.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2008 }}</ref> He has 6 children.


==Selected bibliography==
== Publications ==
===Books===
*''Al-Lum’atul Mārdiniyah fī sharhil Yāsaminiyah: A study The Shimmer of Al-Māridinī in the Explanation of the Treatise by al-Yāsamīn,'' (Arabic), Dār Ibn ‘Ābidīn, 1985
*''Al-Anwar fi Shama'il al-Nabiy al-Mukhtar, by al-Baghawi, preface and indices'', Al-Maktabu publishing House<ref>{{Cite web|title = المكتبة التاريخية: كتاب الأنوار في شمائل النبي المختار للبغوي - طبعة دار المكتبي pdf|url = http://history-ebooks.blogspot.com/2013/04/pdf_3579.html|access-date = 17 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031751/http://history-ebooks.blogspot.com/2013/04/pdf_3579.html|archive-date = 17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>
*''Ahkam al-Tas'ir fil: Fiqh al-Islamic Rulings on Price-fixing in Islamic Law'', Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah, Beirut, 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title = دار البشائر الإسلامية للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع|url = http://www.dar-albashaer.com/Arabic/books/showBook.aspx?BookID=295|website = www.dar-albashaer.com|access-date = 17 September 2015}}</ref>’'
*''Husn al-Fahm li Mas'alati al-Qadā'i fil 'Ilm: Understanding Court procedures according to Magistrates' knowledge'', Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah, Beirut, 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title = دار البشائر الإسلامية للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع|url = http://www.dar-albashaer.com/Arabic/books/showBook.aspx?BookID=307|website = www.dar-albashaer.com|access-date = 17 September 2015}}</ref>’'
*''Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations|publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 25 August 2015|isbn = 9781908224125|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Refuting ISIS: A rebuttal of its religious and ideological foundations'' (Arabic copy) <ref>{{Cite book|title = Refuting ISIS (Arabic): A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations|publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 25 August 2015|isbn = 9781908224132|language = ar|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*Foreword, ''Lights of Yearning: In Praise of the Most Praised ﷺ, by Walid Lounès Bouzerar,'' Dar al-Habib, 2015<ref>{{Cite book|edition = First|title = Lights of Yearning: In Praise of the Most Praised|publisher = Lounès Press|date = 23 June 2015|isbn = 9780994810700|language = en|first1 = Shaykh Muhammad|last1 = al-Yaqoubi|first2 = Walid Lounès|last2 = Bouzerar}}</ref>
*''Al-Anwar Al-Muhammadiyyah: The Prophetic Lights''<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Prophetic Lights: A Poetic Expansion of the Famous Burda Poem via Tashtir|url = http://burdah.co.uk|website = burdah.co.uk|access-date = 10 September 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711203209/http://burdah.co.uk/|archive-date = 11 July 2015}}</ref>
*''Refuting ISIS, Second Edition,'' Sacred Knowledge, 2016<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1908224194|title = Refuting ISIS: Destroying Its Religious Foundations and Proving it Has Strayed from Islam and that Fighting it is an Obligation|last1 = Yaʻqūbī|first1 = Muḥammad al-|year = 2016| publisher=Sacred Knowledge }}</ref>
*''Inqādh Al-Ummah إنقاذ الأمة the Arabic of Refuting ISIS, Second Edition <ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1908224187|title = Refuting Isis|year = 2016| publisher=Sacred Knowledge }}</ref>''
*''The Manners Of Debate (Arabic Edition) (Arabic) Paperback – 25 April 2016’'<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Manners-Debate-Arabic-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/dp/1908224215/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1485476242&sr=8-12&keywords=al-yaqoubi] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>''
*''Judgement of Hadith Narrators'' (Arabic Edition) Paperback – 26 June 2016 <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Judgement-Hadith-Narrators-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/dp/1908224169/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1485476242&sr=8-15&keywords=al-yaqoubi] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
*''In the Shade of the Levant'', Arabic edition, Publisher Sacred Knowledge <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Levant-Arabic-Shaykh-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/dp/1908224142/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1471164086&sr=8-3&keywords=Muhammad+al-Yaqoubi] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
*''Seeking Knowledge: The Principles & Etiquette'' (Arabic), Sacred Knowledge 2016<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Knowledge-Principles-Etiquette-Arabic/dp/1908224207/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1548959094&sr=1-10&refinements=p_27%3AShaykh+Muhammad+Al-Yaqoubi] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
*''Celebrating Love and Theology: Refutation of the Mu'tazilites'' (Arabic Edition), Sacred Knowledge, Beirut, 2017,<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Celebrating-Love-Theology-Refutation-tazilites/dp/1908224150/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497375095&sr=8-1&keywords=celebrating+love+and+theology+refutation+of+the+mu+%27tazilites] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
*''A Compendium of the Prophet Muhammad's Noble Names'', Rabat, 2017<ref>{{ISBN|9781908224170}}</ref>’'
* ''Shamā´il al-Ḥabib al-Muṣṭafā'' ''شمائل الحبيب المصطفى ﷺ'' (The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ - His Beauty and Perfection) (Arabic), First Edition, Sacred Knowledge 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sacredknowledge.co.uk/product/shamail-al-habib-al-mustafa/ |title=Shama'il al-Habib al-Mustafa – Hardback, leather bound, gold edges – Sacred Knowledge {{!}} Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi |website=sacredknowledge.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226233316/http://sacredknowledge.co.uk/product/shamail-al-habib-al-mustafa |archive-date=2017-12-26}}</ref>
* ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' (Edition Facsimile Of Sultan Abdul Hamid II’s Publication of Sahih Al-Bukhari Al-Shareef), Signatora 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://signatora.com/product/signatora/|title=Sahih al-Bukhari &#124; Best Book &#124; 2021 &#124; Sultan Abdul Hamid 2|website=Signatora.com|access-date=9 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116015546/https://signatora.com/product/signatora/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Madhkal'': The introduction to the Sahih (Arabic), Signatora 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://signatora.com/product/madhkal-the-introduction-to-the-sahih/|title=Madhkal - the Introduction to the Sahih &#124; Excellent Book &#124; 2021|website=Signatora.com|access-date=9 November 2020|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109154133/https://signatora.com/product/madhkal-the-introduction-to-the-sahih/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Saḥā´ib an-Nadā سحائب الندى (The Raining Clouds)'' (Arabic), Signatora 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://signatora.com/product/the-raining-clouds/|title = The Raining Clouds|website=Signatora.com}}</ref>
* ''Shamā´il al-Ḥabib al-Muṣṭafā شمائل الحبيب المصطفى ﷺ (The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ - His Beauty and Perfection)'' (Arabic), Second Edition, Signatora, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://signatora.com/product/shamail-al-habib-al-mustafa-2/|title=Shama'il al-Habib al-Mustafa &#124; Best Book &#124; 2021|website=Signatora.com|access-date=27 July 2022|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125234755/https://signatora.com/product/shamail-al-habib-al-mustafa-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholarlyheritage.org/shamail-book/|title = Book: Shamail al-Habib al-Mustafa|date = 8 September 2020 | author1=Al-Mudir }}</ref>
* ''Al-Futūḥāt Al-Maghribiyyah'' ''الفتوحات المغربية'' (The Moroccan Revelations) (Arabic), [https://www.brainwonders.in/ First Edition], Signatora, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://signatora.com/product/the-moroccan-revelations-arabic-edition/|title=The Moroccan Revelations Arabic Edition &#124; Best in 2021|website=Signatora.com|access-date=9 November 2020|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110193605/https://signatora.com/product/the-moroccan-revelations-arabic-edition/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The Moroccan Revelations (English), First Edition, Signatora, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://signatora.com/product/the-moroccan-revelations-english-edition/|title=The Moroccan Revelations English Edition &#124; Best Books &#124; 2021|website=Signatora.com|access-date=9 November 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115092858/https://signatora.com/product/the-moroccan-revelations-english-edition/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==== Books ====
===Audio CDs===
*''Invocations of the Heart'' (Volume 6)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Invocations-Heart-Shaykh-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/dp/B01M1L6ES0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1485476242&sr=8-4&keywords=al-yaqoubi|title=Amazon.com|website=Amazon }}</ref>
*''Refuting ISIS: A rebuttal of its religious and ideological foundations''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations|url = |publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 2015-08-25|isbn = 9781908224125|language = English|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Refuting ISIS: A rebuttal of its religious and ideological foundations'' (Arabic copy) <ref>{{Cite book|title = Refuting ISIS (Arabic): A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations|url = |publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 2015-08-25|isbn = 9781908224132|language = Arabic|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Love and Marriage''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Love and Marriage|publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 1 January 2010|first =Muhammad Al|last = Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Al-Anwar Al-Muhammadiyyah: The Prophetic Lights ''<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Prophetic Lights: A Poetic Expansion of the Famous Burda Poem via Tashtir|url = http://burdah.co.uk|website = burdah.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-09-10}}</ref>
*''The Book of Knowledge: Imam al-Ghazali''<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Book of Knowledge - Imam al-Ghazali|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Yasin: The Heart of the Qur'an''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Yasin - The Heart of the Qur'an|publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 1 January 2010|first = Muhammad Al|last = Yaqoubi}}</ref>

*''Invocations of the Heart''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Invocations of the Heart 6 CD Set|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
==== Audio CDs ====
*''Love and Marriage''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Love and Marriage|url = |publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 2010-01-01|first =Muhammad Al|last = Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''The Miracle of the Fig''<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Miracle of the Fig 6 CD Set|url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracle-Fig-CD-Set/dp/B009K1ZVY0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1441903397&sr=8-9&keywords=muhammad+al+yaqoubi|publisher = Rumi Productions|date = 1 January 2004|first = Muhammad|last=Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''The Book of Knowledge: Imam al-Ghazali''<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Book of Knowledge - Imam al-Ghazali|url = |first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''The Champion of Truth: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq''<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Champion of Truth: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Yasin: The Heart of the Qur'an ''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Yasin - The Heart of the Qur'an|url = |publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 2010-01-01|first = Muhammad Al|last = Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Islam: The Religion of Love''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Islam: The Religion of Love|publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 1 January 2011|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Invocations of the Heart'' <ref>{{Cite book|title = Invocations of the Heart 6 CD Set|url = |first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Light upon Light''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Light Upon Light|publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 25 December 2009|isbn = 9781908224040|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''The Miracle of the Fig'' <ref>{{Cite book|title = The Miracle of the Fig 6 CD Set|url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracle-Fig-CD-Set/dp/B009K1ZVY0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1441903397&sr=8-9&keywords=muhammad+al+yaqoubi|publisher = Rumi Productions|date = 2004-01-01|first = Muhammad|last=Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
* ''Dream Interpretation'' <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Interpretation-Shaykh-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/dp/B00262FBQI|title=Dream Interpretation [Audio CD] [Jan 01, 2000] Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi|first=Shaykh Muhammad|last=Al-Yaqoubi|access-date=27 July 2022|via=Amazon.com}}</ref>
* ''Unbroken Chain'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/unbroken-chain-252.html|title=Unbroken Chain|website=Rumibookstore.com|access-date=27 July 2022}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*''The Champion of Truth: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq <ref>{{Cite book|title = The Champion of Truth: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq|url = |first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
*''Islam: The Religion of Love''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Islam: The Religion of Love|url = |publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 2011-01-01|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
* ''Ignorance the Disease of our Time'' <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ignorance-Disease-Shaykh-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/dp/B002HXMXHQ|title=Ignorance The Disease of Our Time|first=Shaykh Muhammad|last=Al-Yaqoubi|access-date=27 July 2022|via=Amazon.com}}</ref>
* ''Sacrifices in Being a Muslim (Group CD)'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.islamicbookstore.com/a2307.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=27 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627013644/http://islamicbookstore.com/a2307.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Light upon Light''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Light Upon Light|url = |publisher = Sacred Knowledge|date = 2009-12-25|isbn = 9781908224040|first = Muhammad|last = Al-Yaqoubi}}</ref>
* ''The Divine Power, 2002'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/the-divine-power-204.html|title=The Divine Power|website=Rumibookstore.com}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

* ''The Miracles of the Prophet (PBUH)'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.islamicbookstore.com/a4208.html |title=The Miracles of the Prophet (audio CD) Shaykh Muhammad al Yaqoubi |website=www.islamicbookstore.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040322104312/http://islamicbookstore.com/a4208.html |archive-date=2004-03-22}}</ref>
==See also==
* ''In the Footsteps of the Beloved'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/in-the-footsteps-of-the-beloved-201.html|title=In the Footsteps of the Beloved|website=Rumibookstore.com}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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* ''Visiting the Messenger of Allah'' <ref>[https://www.simplyislam.com/visiting-the-messenger-of-allah-2-cd-by-muhammad-al-yaqoubi-islamic-cds-audio-lecture-57767.html] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
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* ''Where Then are you Going?'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/where-then-are-you-going-211.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Arab people]]
* ''Anger: The Door to all Evil'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/anger-the-door-to-all-evil-198.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Islam in Syria]]
* ''Yearning for the Beloved'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Yearning-for-Beloved-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/9781908224064 | title=Yearning for the Beloved : Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi : 9781908224064|website=Bookdepository.com }}</ref>
*[[Syrian people]]
* ''In Need of Allah'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/in-need-of-allah-200.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
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* ''Remembering Allah'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/remembering-allah-233.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Maliki]]
* ''The Information Age'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Information-Age-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/9781908224118 | title=The Information Age : Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi : 9781908224118|website=Bookdepository.com}}</ref>
*[[Shadhili]]
* ''Islam and Democracy'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Islam-Democracy-Muhammad-Al-Yaqoubi/9781908224101|title=Islam and Democracy : Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi : 9781908224101|website=Bookdepository.com|access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[Sufism]]
* ''The Key to know Him is to know him'' <ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Key-Know-Him/dp/1908224029] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
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* ''Landmarks in the Life of the Prophet (PBUH)'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/landmarks-in-the-life-of-the-prophet-pbuh-202.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* ''Pearls of Wisdom (with Dr. Nazeer Ahmed)'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Maulana-Jalaluddin-Muhammad-al-Yaqoubi/dp/B00MKD44W0 | title=Pearls of Wisdom | website=Amazon.com }}</ref>
* ''The Perfect Mirror - Seeing the Prophet in your Dreams'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/the-perfect-mirror-seeing-the-prophet-in-your-dreams-216.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* ''The Rightly Guided Caliphs'' <ref>[https://www.rumibookstore.com/index.php/the-rightly-guided-caliphs-5-cd-set-215.html] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* ''Seekers of Knowledge'' <ref>[https://www.simplyislam.com/seekers-of-knowledge-5-cd-by-muhammad-al-yaqoubi-islamic-cds-audio-lecture-57764.html] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
* ''The Sublime Love'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Sublime-Love-Perfecting-Allah-Messenger/dp/B00MKJG6X4 | title=The Sublime Love : Perfecting our Love for Allah | website=Amazon }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 18:46, 8 January 2025

Not to be confused with Mohammad Yaqoobi.

Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Personal life
Born (1963-05-07) 7 May 1963 (age 61)
Damascus, Syria
NationalitySyria & Morocco
EraModern
RegionLevant
Main interest(s)Aqidah, Hadith, Tafsir, Tasawwuf, Fiqh, Usul al-fiqh, Mustalah, Nahw
OccupationIslamic scholar, religious leader, author
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki and Hanafi
TariqaShadhili
CreedAshari
MovementIslamic neo-traditionalism
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019 — Present
Subscribers27.3 thousand[1]
Total views1,358,041[1]
Last updated: 18 Jun 2024.
Websitewww.sacredknowledge.co.uk

Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi (Arabic: محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي; born 7 May 1963) is a Syrian religious leader and Islamic scholar. He has opposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.[2]

Early life and background

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Al-Yaqoubi was born in Damascus, Syria.[3] He comes from a family of Islamic scholars that traces its roots back to Morocco and has taught the Islamic sciences for centuries. His father, Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi (d. 1985) was a scholar. His paternal grandfather Ismail Al-Yaqoubi (d. 1960) was a scholar and Sufi master. His father's maternal uncle was Arabi al-Yaqoubi (d. 1965), and his paternal uncle was Sharif al-Yaqoubi (d. 1943).[4] Amongst al-Yaqoubi's predecessors three have held the post of Maliki Imam at the Grand Umayyad Mosque of Damascus.[3]

Al-Yaqoubi is a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[5] tracing his lineage through Mawlay Idris II, (founder of the city of Fès), who was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad.[3]

Education

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Al-Yaqoubi's father took care of his upbringing, and he was both his teacher and spiritual master. His father gave him several ijazah, or certificates of authority to teach, narrate and issue legal rulings under Islamic law.[4][6]

Al-Yaqoubi also received training from his father in Sufism, until he attained qualification as a murshid and the rank of a spiritual master in the Sufi tradition.[4][6]

Al-Yaqoubi has also received ijazat from prominent scholars of Syria including: the Maliki Mufti of Syria, Makki al-Kittani; the Hanafi Mufti of Syria, Muhammad Abul Yusr Abidin; Ali al-Boudaylimi al-Tilimsani of Algeria, Abdul Aziz Uyun al-Sud of Homs, Salih al-Khatib,[3] Zayn al-'Abideen at-Tounisi of Tunisia, Muhammad Wafa al-Qassaab and Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri of Damascus.[citation needed]

In 1987, al-Yaqoubi completed a degree in Arabic Literature at the University of Damascus within the Faculty of Islamic Law.[7] He then studied philosophy for two years at the Beirut Arab University.[8]

In 1991, he joined the PhD program of linguistics in the Oriental Studies Department of the University of Gothenburg.[8] In Sweden, he worked as a researcher and teacher of Arabic literature.[8] In 1999, the Swedish Islamic Society appointed him mufti of Sweden.[7] Al-Yaqoubi is "fluent in several languages including Arabic, English, and Swedish" [3][9] and sacred knowledge organisation states that he has trained several hundreds of scholars, imams and preachers [3][9]

Career

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Al-Yaqoubi started teaching Qur'an studies and recitation at the Darwishiyya Mosque at the age of 11. He delivered his first Friday sermon at the age of 14 at al-Saadaat Mosque, was appointed as Friday Imam and speaker (Khatib) at the age of 17 and was appointed as a teacher of Islamic studies at the age of 20.[3]

In the mid-2000s, al-Yaqoubi returned to Syria and began preaching and teaching the Islamic sciences such as Aqidah (Islamic theology), Tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), Hadith (Prophetic tradition), Tasawwuf (Sciences of the heart), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul (origins and fundamentals), Mustalah (hadith terminology), and Nahw (Arabic grammar).[6]

Al-Yaqoubi previously resided in Damascus and was a public teacher at institutions there. He taught Islamic theology at the Umayyad Mosque; and he held the position of Jumu'ah Khatib (Friday speaker) at the Jami' al-Hasan Mosque; at the Mosque of Ibn Arabi, he taught from al-Risalah of Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri and Shamaail Tirmidhi of Tirmidhi. He was a public speaker in both Arabic and English.[3] In June 2011, al-Yaqoubi was forced into exile by the Assad government and moved to Morocco.[7]

Al-Yaqoubi is currently writing, publishing new works and continuing to teach under Sacred Knowledge, an initiative dedicated to the spreading of orthodox Islam.[10]

Involvement in the Syrian Civil War 2011–present

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See also: Syrian Civil War

In April 2011, al-Yaqoubi was one of the first Sunni clerics to express his support for the Syrian uprising and condemn the Syrian government's response to peaceful demonstrations.[7][11] In August 2011, the BBC reported that al-Yaqoubi had called for more international pressure on the government of Syria after Government forces renewed their crackdown on protesters.[12] He was forced into exile in 2011.

Despite other leading scholars initially calling for minor reforms, al-Yaqoubi was early to demand the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad.[13]

Al-Yaqoubi initially fully supported Kofi Annan's "Six-point plan" urging for "international pressure on Russia and China" to force the end of the conflict in Syria.[14]

As the conflict has protracted, al-Yaqoubi publicly urged Jordan and Turkey to intervene militarily in Syria "to save the Syrian people", voicing frustration at the failure of the international community to intervene.[14] In addition, he believes that any intervention will be undertaken by the United Nations, NATO, or the United States because it's "more realistic".[15]

Al-Yaqoubi has been an active participant in the political process to form a credible political alternative to the Assad government. However, due to political intrigue, his appointment to be a full member of the Syrian National Council was blocked almost as soon as it was to be formally confirmed.[16]

Since the start of the Syrian uprising, al-Yaqoubi has campaigned internationally to provide humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees. In December 2012, he led a convoy for the delivery of "vast quantities of food, baby food and blankets" to displaced Syrians in Turkey.[17]

Consequently, he fled the country after the Syrian regime tried to silence him[18] after he publicly criticised the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party,[19] calling on the president to step down[20] and supporting the Syrian uprising.[19] He is currently in exile in Morocco, helping to deliver humanitarian aid, and is in regular contact with Syrian fighters who consult him on the moral and spiritual issues raised by their struggle.[18] After his exile from Syria, he has taken part in a sustained international effort to provide aid for the Syrian people. He has publicly urged the international community to "implement help immediately"[21] and to "lift the siege" on Syria in an interview with Sky News.[14]

In August 2013, al-Yaqoubi said he wants the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to open a register in which fighters, civilians and administrators can be organized and given an identification number. He also thinks there should be recruitment centers in major towns and cities in the Middle East to pre-empt individual efforts, where those who want to fight can be vetted and trained under the FSA 's supervision.[18]

In September 2014, al-Yaqoubi co-signed an open letter to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi saying "misinterpreted Islam into a religion of harshness, brutality, torture and murder"[2] and refuting the ideological foundation of ISIS, banning Muslims from joining it and making it clear that this is non-Islamic, anti-Islam.[20] In November 2014, he led prayers at the funeral of the American Peter Kassig.[2] In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour he condemned the killing of Kassig by ISIL and said, "We have to speak loud and very clear that Muslims and Islam have nothing to do with this... ISIS has no nationality. Its nationality is terror, savagery, and hatred."[20] In the same month in an interview with Margaret Warner on PBS NewsHour he said of al-Baghdadi, "He's against Islam. He's non-Muslim, according to the Muslim standards, because he's allowing people to kill Muslims, referring to the Book of Allah [Quran], wrongly using religious texts. This is anti-Islamic. He's going against God. He's going against the message of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon him. If he repents and come in a court and defend himself, he won't have any one single verse of the Quran to defend his opinion in killing innocent people."[2] In March 2015, he said that ISIL has a sophisticated system of fallacies, and he referred to the extremists as "ignorant", "stupid" and "arrogant".[22] In 2015, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi refuted Ahmed al-Sharaa following his interview with Al Jazeera Media Network

Views

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On 24 January 2010, al-Yaqoubi refuted the comments made by Mufti of Syria Ahmad Bader Hassoun on 19 January 2010 about Muhammad.[23] Al-Ya'qoubi explained the necessity to obey the Messenger in every command including the news about the Qur'an and the names of the prophets. Al-Ya'qoubi asserted, "we know that Moses and Jesus are prophets only because our Prophet Muhammad told us so. Had he told us otherwise, we would have had to believe him...believing in Moses and Jesus does not imply the validity of Judaism and Christianity of today." He also asked Mufti Hassoun to resign his job out of embarrassment and to protect the dignity of Islam and the integrity of the Islamic scholars of Syria. The following day al-Yaqoubi was dismissed as Friday public speaker of al-Hasan Masjid in Abu Rummaneh, Damascus[24] by the government. Six months later he was re-instated.[25]

On 21 June 2010, al-Yaqoubi declared on Takbeer TV's programme Sunni Talk that the Mujaddid of the Indian subcontinent was Ahmed Raza Khan, and said that a follower of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah can be identified by his love of Khan, and that those outside of that (those outside the Ahlus Sunnah) are identified by their attacks on him.[26]

On 18 August 2011, al-Yaqoubi led prayers from a stage in Summerfield Park, Winson Green, Birmingham to some 20,000 people who gathered to remember three men killed while attempting to protect their neighbourhood from rioters and looters during the England riots. At the ceremony he said that "they made themselves an example of what a Muslim should be and what Islam is"[27] and that "these three people are martyrs and the best we can do for them is to pray for them and for ourselves - to pray for our community."[28][29][30] He asked for 18 August to be made a "day not of mourning and sadness but a day of bravery."<[31]

Al-Yaqoubi had been a critic of Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti's stance of supporting the Syrian government. However, after Al-Bouti's assassination on 21 March 2013, al-Yaqoubi claimed that Al-Bouti was a martyr and that he had been privately readying to defect from the Syrian government.[7]

In August 2013, al-Yaqoubi said: "Animosity against a state cannot be declared by individuals or groups; no Islamic government is in a state of war with the UK; they all have diplomatic relations and therefore, any attack against UK citizens or interests would be deemed as un-Islamic and illegal in the Shari’a, regardless of whether we approve of UK policies or not, or its government".[18]

Awards

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In 2012, al-Yaqoubi was listed in The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan [32] as well as being listed in the honourable mentions in both 2015 and 2016 [33]

Personal life

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In 1985, al-Yaqoubi's father, Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi, died.[4] In 2006, al-Yaqoubi's first wife, Farizah, died in a car accident.[34] He has 6 children.

Selected bibliography

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Books

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  • Al-Lum’atul Mārdiniyah fī sharhil Yāsaminiyah: A study The Shimmer of Al-Māridinī in the Explanation of the Treatise by al-Yāsamīn, (Arabic), Dār Ibn ‘Ābidīn, 1985
  • Al-Anwar fi Shama'il al-Nabiy al-Mukhtar, by al-Baghawi, preface and indices, Al-Maktabu publishing House[35]
  • Ahkam al-Tas'ir fil: Fiqh al-Islamic Rulings on Price-fixing in Islamic Law, Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah, Beirut, 2000[36]’'
  • Husn al-Fahm li Mas'alati al-Qadā'i fil 'Ilm: Understanding Court procedures according to Magistrates' knowledge, Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah, Beirut, 2000[37]’'
  • Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal Of Its Religious And Ideological Foundations[38]
  • Refuting ISIS: A rebuttal of its religious and ideological foundations (Arabic copy) [39]
  • Foreword, Lights of Yearning: In Praise of the Most Praised ﷺ, by Walid Lounès Bouzerar, Dar al-Habib, 2015[40]
  • Al-Anwar Al-Muhammadiyyah: The Prophetic Lights[41]
  • Refuting ISIS, Second Edition, Sacred Knowledge, 2016[42]
  • Inqādh Al-Ummah إنقاذ الأمة the Arabic of Refuting ISIS, Second Edition [43]
  • The Manners Of Debate (Arabic Edition) (Arabic) Paperback – 25 April 2016’'[44]
  • Judgement of Hadith Narrators (Arabic Edition) Paperback – 26 June 2016 [45]
  • In the Shade of the Levant, Arabic edition, Publisher Sacred Knowledge [46]
  • Seeking Knowledge: The Principles & Etiquette (Arabic), Sacred Knowledge 2016[47]
  • Celebrating Love and Theology: Refutation of the Mu'tazilites (Arabic Edition), Sacred Knowledge, Beirut, 2017,[48]
  • A Compendium of the Prophet Muhammad's Noble Names, Rabat, 2017[49]’'
  • Shamā´il al-Ḥabib al-Muṣṭafā شمائل الحبيب المصطفى ﷺ (The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ - His Beauty and Perfection) (Arabic), First Edition, Sacred Knowledge 2017[50]
  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Edition Facsimile Of Sultan Abdul Hamid II’s Publication of Sahih Al-Bukhari Al-Shareef), Signatora 2019[51]
  • Madhkal: The introduction to the Sahih (Arabic), Signatora 2019[52]
  • Saḥā´ib an-Nadā سحائب الندى (The Raining Clouds) (Arabic), Signatora 2019[53]
  • Shamā´il al-Ḥabib al-Muṣṭafā شمائل الحبيب المصطفى ﷺ (The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ - His Beauty and Perfection) (Arabic), Second Edition, Signatora, 2019[54][55]
  • Al-Futūḥāt Al-Maghribiyyah الفتوحات المغربية (The Moroccan Revelations) (Arabic), First Edition, Signatora, 2020[56]
  • The Moroccan Revelations (English), First Edition, Signatora, 2020[57]

Audio CDs

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  • Invocations of the Heart (Volume 6)[58]
  • Love and Marriage[59]
  • The Book of Knowledge: Imam al-Ghazali[60]
  • Yasin: The Heart of the Qur'an[61]
  • Invocations of the Heart[62]
  • The Miracle of the Fig[63]
  • The Champion of Truth: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq[64]
  • Islam: The Religion of Love[65]
  • Light upon Light[66]
  • Dream Interpretation [67]
  • Unbroken Chain [68]
  • Ignorance the Disease of our Time [69]
  • Sacrifices in Being a Muslim (Group CD) [70]
  • The Divine Power, 2002 [71]
  • The Miracles of the Prophet (PBUH) [72]
  • In the Footsteps of the Beloved [73]
  • Visiting the Messenger of Allah [74]
  • Where Then are you Going? [75]
  • Anger: The Door to all Evil [76]
  • Yearning for the Beloved [77]
  • In Need of Allah [78]
  • Remembering Allah [79]
  • The Information Age [80]
  • Islam and Democracy [81]
  • The Key to know Him is to know him [82]
  • Landmarks in the Life of the Prophet (PBUH) [83]
  • Pearls of Wisdom (with Dr. Nazeer Ahmed) [84]
  • The Perfect Mirror - Seeing the Prophet in your Dreams [85]
  • The Rightly Guided Caliphs [86]
  • Seekers of Knowledge [87]
  • The Sublime Love [88]

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