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'''Muhammad Abul Huda al-Ya’qoubi''' (born May 7, 1963) is a [[Syria]]n [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]] and [[murshid]].
'''Muhammad Abul Huda al-Ya’qoubi''' (born May 7, 1963) is a [[Syria]]n [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]] and [[murshid]]. In April 2011, he became one of the first clerics ([[Ulama]]) to support the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian uprising]] and condemn the Syrian government’s response to peaceful demonstrations.


==Background==
==Background==
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On June 21, 2010, al-Ya’qoubi 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 person of [[Sunni Islam|Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah]] can be identified by his love of Ahmed Raza Khan, and 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 June 21, 2010, al-Ya’qoubi 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 person of [[Sunni Islam|Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah]] can be identified by his love of Ahmed Raza Khan, and 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>


Al-Ya’qoubi was among the first Sunni clerics ([[Ulama]]) to express his support for the uprising and condemn the 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 April 2011, al-Ya’qoubi was among the first Sunni clerics ([[Ulama]]) 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>


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|The 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=''[[Daily Mail]]''|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=London|publisher=''[[The Guardian|The Sunday Guardian]]''|date=August 21, 2011|accessdate=May 4, 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|The 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=''[[Daily Mail]]''|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=London|publisher=''[[The Guardian|The Sunday Guardian]]''|date=August 21, 2011|accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</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>


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

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Not to be confused with Mohammad Yaqoobi.
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Usul, Mustalah, Nahw
Websitewww.sacredknowledge.co.uk

Muhammad Abul Huda al-Ya’qoubi (born May 7, 1963) is a Syrian Islamic scholar and murshid. In April 2011, he became one of the first clerics (Ulama) to support the Syrian uprising and condemn the Syrian government’s response to peaceful demonstrations.

Background

Muhammad al-Yaqoubi was born in

Maliki Imam at the Grand Umayyad Mosque of Damascus.[1]

He is a descendent of the

Fes), who was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.[1]

Education

Al-Yaqoubi’s father took care of his upbringing, and was both his teacher and spiritual master. Under his father tutelage, from the age of four up until the age of 22, Al-Yaqoubi followed a traditional Islamic curriculum studying all the major classical works. He studied over 500 works major works of the Sacred Knowledge (a full detailed list of this was published in Arabic entitled, “The Concealed Pearls.”), he memorized many texts and didactic poems. His father gave him several ijazah (certificates of authority to teach to teach, narrate and issue legal rulings).[3][2]

Al-Yaqoubi also received training from his father in the Sufi path, until he attained qualification as a murshid and the rank of a spiritual master in the Sufi tradition.[2][3]

Al-Yaqoubi has also received ijazah 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,[1] Zayn al-'Abideen at-Tounisi, Muhammad Wafa al-Qassaaband and Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri of Damascus.[4]

In 1987, al-Yaqoubi completed a degree in

Arabic Literature at the University of Damascus within the Faculty of Islamic Law.[5] He then studied philosophy for two years at the Beirut Arab University.[6]

In 1991 he joined the PhD program of linguistics in the Oriental Studies Department of the University of Gothenburg.[6] In Sweden, he worked as a researcher and teacher of Arabic Literature.[6] In 1999, the Swedish Islamic Society appointed him mufti of Sweden.[5] 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.[4] Al-Yaqoubi has studied seven languages.[1]

Career

At the age of 12, al-Yaqoubi wrote his first qasida, which was a plea to the Prophet.[citation needed] He started teaching Qur'an and Tajweed at the Darwishiyya Mosque at the age of 11. He made his debut as Friday speaker at the age of 14 at al-Saadaat Mosque, was appointed as Friday Imam and speaker at the age of 17 and as a teacher of the Sacred Knowledge at the age of 20.[1]

In the mid-2000s, he returned to Syria and began preaching at al-Hassan Mosque and teaching theology at the Grand Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.

Usul (origins and fundamentals), Mustalah (hadith terminology), and Nahw (Arabic grammar).[3]

Al-Yaqoubi previously resided in Damascus and was a public teacher at institutions there. He taught

Imam al-Tirmidhi. He was a public speaker in both Arabic and English.[1] In June 2011, al-Yaqoubi was forced into exile by the Assad regime and moved to Morocco.[5]

Views

On January 22, 2010, al-Yaqoubi refuted the comments made by Mufti of Syria

Islamic scholars of Syria. The following day al-Yaqoubi was dismissed as Friday public speaker of al-Hasan Masjid in Abu Rummaneh, Damascus.[8]

On June 21, 2010, al-Ya’qoubi declared on Takbeer TV’s programme Sunni Talk that the Mujaddid of the Indian subcontinent was Ahmed Raza Khan, and said that a person of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah can be identified by his love of Ahmed Raza Khan, and that those outside the Ahlus Sunnah are identified by their attacks on him.[9]

In April 2011, al-Ya’qoubi was among the first Sunni clerics (Ulama) to express his support for the Syrian uprising and condemn the Syrian government’s response to peaceful demonstrations.[5][10] 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.[11]

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 England riots. At the ceremony he said that "they made themselves an example of what a Muslim should be and what Islam is"[12] 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".[13][14][15][16] He asked for 18 August to be made a “day not of mourning and sadness but a day of bravery.”[17][18]

Al-Yaqoubi had been a critic of Dr.

Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti’s stance of supporting the Syrian regime. However Bouti’s assassination on March 21 2013, al-Yaqoubi claimed that he was a martyr and had been privately readying to defect from the Syrian regime.[5]

Personal life

In 1985, Al-Yaqoubi’s father died.[2]

Al-Yaqoubi has three children from his first wife Khala Farida Umm Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi Aal Rabbat who, whilst she five months pregnant, died at the age of 37 in a car accident on April 10, 2006.[19] On December 14, 2007, his second wife, Umm al-Huda, died.[20][21]

Recognition

In 2012, al-Yaqoubi was listed in the world’s 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University’s Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Muhammad al-Yaqoubi". Sacred Knowledge. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bio: Sheikh Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi". bahnhof. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Muhammad al-Yaqoubi". Gateway To Divine Mercy. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Muhammad al-Yaqoubi". Academic. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Profiles of Syrian Sunni Clerics in the Uprising". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
  6. ^ a b c "Teachers". Deen Intensive Foundation. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  7. ^ Gelfond Feldinger, Lauren (January 21, 2010). "The lonely man of peace". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 30, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al Yaqubi Dismissed..." Qatar Living. February 3, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2011. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Shaykh Yaqoubi Advocates Imam Ahmed Raza as a Mujaddid from Indian Subcontinent !!!!". Sunni Talk. Takbeer TV. June 21, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "أحداث سورية خطبة الجمعة للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي من دمشق". sacredknowledgemedia. April 10, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. BBC World News. August 12, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help
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  12. ^ Dawkins, Andrew (August 18, 2011). "Birmingham riots: Crowds mourn riot death 'martyrs'". BBC News. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Man, 29, Charged With Birmingham Riot Murders". Sky News. September 1, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ Britten, Nick (August 18, 2011). "Birmingham riots: thousands gather for funerals of three men killed protecting community". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Caroe, Laura (August 18, 2011). "Final farewell to riot heroes". The Sun. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Rajeev, Syal (August 18, 2011). "Birmingham riots: funeral held for hit-and-run victims". The Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Tribute to the 'riot martyrs': 20,000 gather to remember three Asian men mown down while protecting community from looters". Daily Mail. August 19, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ Menon, Lakshan (August 21, 2011). "Thousands flock to funeral of Birmingham riot victims". London: The Sunday Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Obituary: 'Wife of our teacher'". MPACUK :: Muslim Discussion Forum. September 2005. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  20. ^ "DIVINE BREEZES: Al-Hajjah Farizah Rabbat Umm Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi Al-Hasani ..." jafaralam. September 9, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  21. ^ "An Eid Love Story: Sheikh Muhammad and Mariam". Ummah Forum. September 9, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  22. ^ "Sheikh Muhammad Al Yaqoubi". The Muslim 500. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

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