Muhammad Hussein Yacoub
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Muhammad Hussein Yacoub
Yacoub is a Salafi
islamic scholar in Egypt
, who has given hundreds of lecture
s in Da’wah. A number of his book
s are currently being published. He gained significant notoriety after successive spouts of anti-Semitism and hatred against non-Muslims.
in Egypt.
His father was one of the founders of The Matimdiyah Islamic Association for Muslims to Unite Efforts to Act according to the Qur’an and the Prophet
Muhammad
’s Sunnah
. He continued to give the Friday Khutbah (sermon) in the different the governorates of Egypt for fifty years and gave a regular class in Fiqh
.
Sheikh Yaqcoub is the oldest of four brothers and has one older sister.
He obtained a Teaching Diploma in 1967 and married before he was twenty years of age.
onto computers which increased greatly his religious knowledge. It also helped him cement his knowledge of the Hadith.
He then traveled to Saudi Arabia
from 1980 to 1985.
in the Six Books of the Sunnah from Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal Al-Zuhayri.
2)Also in the Six Books of the Sunnah, from Sheikh Muhammad Abu Khubzah Al-Tattwani
3)A third certificate in the Qur’an and the Six Books of Sunnah from Sheikh Abu Khalid Al-Wakil Al-Makki.
Over 3,000 of the Sheikh’s lessons have been recorded on cassette and many of them are on CD and video.
The Sheikh attended the first Salafi conference in Sweden
and many conferences in America
, Spain
, and other countries.
Yacoub is a Salafi
Salafi
A Salafi come from Sunni Islam is a follower of an Islamic movement, Salafiyyah, that is supposed to take the Salaf who lived during the patristic period of early Islam as model examples...
islamic scholar in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, who has given hundreds of lecture
Lecture
thumb|A lecture on [[linear algebra]] at the [[Helsinki University of Technology]]A lecture is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history,...
s in Da’wah. A number of his book
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
s are currently being published. He gained significant notoriety after successive spouts of anti-Semitism and hatred against non-Muslims.
Birth and family
He was born in 1956 in the Matimdiyah area of Imbaba, in the Al Jizah GovernorateAl Jizah Governorate
Giza Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the center of the country, situated on the west bank of the Nile River opposite Cairo. Its capital is the city of Giza...
in Egypt.
His father was one of the founders of The Matimdiyah Islamic Association for Muslims to Unite Efforts to Act according to the Qur’an and the Prophet
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
Muhammad
Muhammad
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’s Sunnah
Sunnah
The word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...
. He continued to give the Friday Khutbah (sermon) in the different the governorates of Egypt for fifty years and gave a regular class in Fiqh
Fiqh
Fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is an expansion of the code of conduct expounded in the Quran, often supplemented by tradition and implemented by the rulings and interpretations of Islamic jurists....
.
Sheikh Yaqcoub is the oldest of four brothers and has one older sister.
He obtained a Teaching Diploma in 1967 and married before he was twenty years of age.
Seeking Islamic knowledge
Sheikh Yaqcoub memorized the whole Qur’an at an early age in the local Kutaab .He participated in the entering the data of the Prophet’s HadithHadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
onto computers which increased greatly his religious knowledge. It also helped him cement his knowledge of the Hadith.
He then traveled to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
from 1980 to 1985.
Call of Genocide of Jews
In a speech delivered by Yaqoub, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 17, 2009, he stated (as translated by MEMRI) that:
"We must believe that our fighting with the Jews is eternal, and it will not end until the final battle...You must believe that we will fight, defeat, and annihilate them, until not a single Jew remains on the face of the Earth...As for you Jews - the curse of Allah upon you. The curse of Allah upon you, whose ancestors were apes and pigs. You Jews have sown hatred in our hearts, and we have bequeathed it to our children and grandchildren. You will not survive as long as a single one of us remains...Oh Jews, may the curse of Allah be upon you. Oh Jews... Oh Allah, bring Your wrath, punishment, and torment down upon them. Allah, we pray that you transform them again, and make the Muslims rejoice again in seeing them as apes and pigs. You pigs of the earth! You pigs of the earth! You kill the Muslims with that cold pig [blood] of yours."
Certifications
1)Sheikh Yaqcoub gained an Islamic IjazahIjazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
in the Six Books of the Sunnah from Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal Al-Zuhayri.
2)Also in the Six Books of the Sunnah, from Sheikh Muhammad Abu Khubzah Al-Tattwani
3)A third certificate in the Qur’an and the Six Books of Sunnah from Sheikh Abu Khalid Al-Wakil Al-Makki.
His Sheikhs
- ‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn BaazAbd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn BaazAbdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz , was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, considered as one of the renowned Sunni Muslim scholars of the twentieth century...
- Muhammad ibn al UthaymeenMuhammad ibn al UthaymeenSheikh Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen at-Tamimi an-Najdi was one of the most prominent Sunni Islamic scholars of the latter half of the twentieth century...
- ‘Abdallah ibn Qa’ud
- ‘Abdallah ibn Ghudayyan
- ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abdul Rahman Al-Jibrin
- Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shanqiti
- ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad Al-Amin Al-Shanqiti
- ‘Atiyah Salim
- Abu Bakr Al-Jaza’iri
- ‘Abd Al-Muhsin Al-Aba’d
- Raja’i Al-Masri Al-Makki
- ‘Usamah Muhammad ‘Abd Al-‘Athim
- ‘Abd Al-Qadir Shaybat Al-Hamad
- abdelhamid kishk
Academic Writings and Efforts
- How do I Repent? A group of lectures
- Nasa’ih lil-Shabab Tahtheeb Ghatha’ Al-Albab Lisafareni. book
- Ila Al-Huda I’tinah. A collection of lectures
- The Brotherhood, O Brothers.
- The Sure Remedy for Discarding the Secret Habit.
- The War against SmokingTobacco smokingTobacco smoking is the practice where tobacco is burned and the resulting smoke is inhaled. The practice may have begun as early as 5000–3000 BCE. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 16th century where it followed common trade routes...
. - The Qualities of a Righteous Sister. (Book)
- To Those who Abandoned the PrayerPrayerPrayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
. (These lessons were given in the 1990s) - Seriously Devoted (Book)
- From Inside the Grave.
- Khutbah.
- The Basics for a Student of Knowledge. (The methodology is about obtaining knowledge and filtering out a group of the most important works in each area.)
- Diseases of the Ummah. (Paper)
- Basics of Getting Closer to AllahAllahAllah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...
. - A Story of Steadfastness and Dispensing with the Residue of Jahiliyah.
- The Loved One’s Secrets in RamadanRamadanRamadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and...
.
Over 3,000 of the Sheikh’s lessons have been recorded on cassette and many of them are on CD and video.
Sheikh’s Travels
The Sheikh has traveled to all the Arab countries, without exception, and also to many European and western countries.The Sheikh attended the first Salafi conference in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and many conferences in America
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, and other countries.