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Sheikh Muhammad Yaqoubi descends from a
scholarly family whose lineage goes back to the Prophet, salla
Allahu 'alayhi sallam, through his grandson Sayyiduna al-Hasan,
radiya Allahu 'anhu. Shaykh Muhammad was born in Damascus on the
13th of DhulHijja in 1382 H. As a little boy, he crawled in the
Grand Omayyad Mosque and the Darwishiyya Mosque, where his father
was an instructor for 40 years, and sat in the laps of some of the
greatest scholars.
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464
 Loving
the Beloved .... A talk delivered by Shaykh
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, who is a the direct descendant of Prophet
Muhammad
 ... How could you come in love with the
Prophet Muhammad
..... what are the principals of falling in love .... what are the
levels of love ....
Since he was four-years-old, Shaykh Muhammad
accompanied his father in all of his visits, gatherings, and classes,
both public and private, as well as at home and outside. His father
took care of him and was both his teacher and spiritual master.
Under his tutelage, Shaykh Muhammad followed a solid traditional
curriculum since the age of four, studying, step-by-step, the major
classical works on the various disciplines of the Shari'ah as well
as the instrumental disciplines. Shaykh Muhammad dutifully studied
with his father over 500 books in the course of 20 years, some of
them from cover-to-cover and others in portions; some are
multi-volumes, and others are small concise works.
Some of the books Shaykh Muhammad studied under
his father are as follows: most of the six books of Hadith,
al-Muwatta of Yahya al- Laythi, most of al-Muwatta of Imam Muhammad
with Sharh al-Laknawi, most of al-Muwaafaqaat of ash-Shaatibi, the
first volume and other sections (of the five volumes) of al-Hashiya
of Ibn 'Abideen, Ihya 'Ulum ad-Deen, al-Hidaya of al-Marghinani,
Mughni al-Labeeb of Ibn Hisham, Parts of Kitab Seebawayhi, Miyar
al-Ilm of al-Ghazali, several volumes of Sharh Sahih Muslim of
an-Nawawi, several volumes of Irshad as-Saari of al-Qastallaani,
half of Madarik at-Taweel of an-Nasafi, Hashiyat as-Saawi on Tafseer
al-Jalaalayn, three volumes of Mu'jam Maqaayiis al-Lugha of Ibn
Faaris, al-Bayaan wat-Tabyeen of al-Jaahiz, several volumes of
Wafayaat al-Ayaan of Ibn Khallikaan, and Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyya
al-Kubraa of Ibn as-Subki, Maqamaat al-Hariri. In fact, Shaykh
Muhammad wrote a thabat (detailed list) of the names of the books he
studied under his father entitled, The Concealed Pearls. This book
is a testament to his father's labor of love and of the expenditure
of his energy in passing on his knowledge and experience to his
children, a rarity in our modern times.
Throughout the years of his study, Shaykh
Muhammad went through spiritual training in the Sufi path under his
father, who was a great Waliy and Murshid known for his
righteousness and asceticism. Shaykh Muhammad studied the major
works of Tasawwuf under him, accompanied him, and was his servant,
the bearer of his shoes, which he considers the key to the opening
he received. The company of his father exposed him to a wealth of
light, wisdom, and knowledge, an experience that was far beyond what
one may attain from books or from occasional meetings with teachers.
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