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Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi

Scholar of hadith, law and spirituality · Damascus

Heir to an unbroken chain of knowledge reaching back to the Prophet ﷺ, he devotes his life to teaching and transmitting the Islamic tradition throughout the world.

Life & path

Born into an illustrious family of Damascene scholars whose lineage reaches back to the Prophet ﷺ, Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi grew up at the heart of a house of learning. He received knowledge in the traditional way, from master to student, from his father Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi and the great scholars of the Umayyad Mosque.

Trained from an early age in the sacred sciences — Qur'anic sciences, hadith, law, theology and spirituality — he obtained the licences (ijāza) of transmission from a great many masters of Syria and beyond, taking his place in a living chain of transmitters.

Recognised as one of the great voices of contemporary traditional Sunni Islam, he teaches hadith, Mālikī law and the spiritual path to students worldwide. His clear and measured speech seeks to present an Islam faithful to its sources and bearing mercy.

An author, lecturer and teacher, he has granted chains of transmission to thousands of students and works tirelessly to make this knowledge accessible. It is in this spirit that he accompanies L'Héritage du Prophète ﷺ and its mission of transmission in French.

Honours & recognition

  • A scholar of international renown
  • An authority of traditional Sunni Islam
  • Heir to a lineage of Damascene scholars
  • Teacher of thousands of students around the world
  • Holder of numerous ijāza (licences of transmission)
  • Author and lecturer
An unbroken chain

The Shaykh's knowledge comes not from books alone, but from a living transmission, heart to heart, reaching back to the Prophet ﷺ.

The Prophet ﷺThe source of all knowledge, transmitted to his noble Companions.
The scholars of DamascusCentury after century, down to the masters of the Umayyad Mosque and Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi, his father.
The ShaykhReceiving the licence to transmit, he becomes in turn a link in this chain.
His studentsThroughout the world, and in French through L'Héritage du Prophète ﷺ.

Areas of teaching

The Shaykh teaches the whole of the sacred sciences, faithful to the method of the great scholars.

Hadith

The collections and sciences of hadith, with their chains of transmission.

Mālikī law

Jurisprudence and its foundations, after the school of Imam Mālik.

Theology ('aqīda)

Sunni creed, Ash'arī and Māturīdī.

Spirituality (taṣawwuf)

The purification of the heart and the way of the masters.

Sīra & Shamāʾil

The biography and description of the Prophet ﷺ.

Tafsīr

The exegesis of the Qur'an and its sciences.

Works & publications

A body of work in the service of clarity and transmission. A few representative strands:

Treatises on creedWorks setting out Sunni doctrine and warning against extremism.
Hadith commentariesThe teaching and explanation of the great collections of the tradition.
Spiritual treatises & poetryLitanies, poems and writings on the spiritual path.
Lectures & teachingsA vast corpus of lessons and addresses delivered worldwide.
Shamā'il al-Ḥabīb al-Muṣṭafā ﷺLibraryThe French translation carried by our association.
« Knowledge is a light received from a living heart — not merely words read upon a page. »
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi

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