Recordings › People Attacking Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi | Mufti Abu Layth · 6 Apr 2020 › Segment 1 of 5
What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?
al-bukhari imam bukhari sahih al-bukhari sahih bukhari saheeh al-bukhari saheeh bukhari imam al-bukhari shari'ah shariat sharee'ah muftis ahl al-sunnah ahl as-sunnah ahlus sunnah ahl al-sunna sunnis sufis sufism soofi tariqah tareeqah turuq tareeqa 'alim aalim ulama ulema ulamaa sheikh shaikh sheik shuyukh shaykhsOpening remarks and Mufti Abu Layth's assessment of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Play from 0:00
The video loads from YouTube only when you press play. Click a time in the transcript to seek.
Watch this part
Open on YouTube at 0:00The player starts at 0:00, the beginning of this part.
This segment0:00 to 2:37 · 2 min 37 sGeneral teaching
What this part covers
machinesummary, machine-writtenMufti Abu Layth regards Shaykh al-Yaqoubi as a level-headed scholar who has spoken against extremism and would point someone set on joining a Sufi order to a figure like him, while thinking his admirers overdo it. He himself once took issue with al-Yaqoubi's statements on Bukhari.
In more detail
After some joking housekeeping in Spanish and English while he sets up, Mufti Abu Layth introduces the subject: Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, a prominent Syrian scholar with his own Sufi tariqa. He says that, as far as Sufi orders go, if someone told him they felt they had to join an order he would probably point them to someone like al-Yaqoubi, because he is a scholar, level-headed, has spoken against extremism and is to some extent relevant. He adds that he thinks people overdo their praise of him, which he will come to, that al-Yaqoubi has a side concerned with knowledge and tells his people to study, and that he seems to like protocol and having fans and supporters, though who does not. He then turns to the fact that al-Yaqoubi is being attacked, saying he does not mind people having issues with others, since people have issues with him too, and that he himself once raised an issue with al-Yaqoubi over statements on Bukhari that he found misleading.
Position stated
Not yet double-checkedA summary of the view expressed is published here only after a second, independent review has found the sentence in the transcript where he says it. Until then, the transcript and the recording speak for themselves.
Kind: general teachingTranscript
machine0:00 to 2:37 · click a time to seek · dotted terms open the glossary
a lot I'm people mostly masala tea masala so people's people let me just see people's what is going on you know this one this one let me just what this one this one not nice my friend right so trying to find your Yahoo Chiara mother yeah that mother yeah dude right so right we're coming to people I'm almost the on momento un momento this is the masala RI so people what's
been going on is I came across this this is those of you who know chef yaku be Muhammad yaqoob' prominent Syrian scholar has his own Sufi tarita and to be fair as far as I have to say as far as you know Sufi scholars go so as far as any kind of Sufi orders go he's definitely if somebody said to me I want to be part of an order I have to be part
of a Sufi order but they felt that they have to then I would probably say yeah definitely somebody like you know Sharia Kuby because at least he's you know he's a scholar and he's is level mind you know level-headed he's spoken against things like extremism but he's also relevant you know it's not just many people might do things but he's reasonably within you know some extent is reasonably relevant that said I do think people overdo it with him and I'll come to that in a moment but I I think as far as he's concerned at least he has an enemy side to him he's concerned about knowledge you know he's concerned about certain
things he tells his people to study and this and that I do think he likes a bit of the you know the protocol a chat uh you know uh I want my fans and support is it I guess who doesn't ha that's people will say but who doesn't like having all these funds and supporters and this pyramid II Allah Allah Allah but what's more interesting is he's being attacked and you know something look I don't mind people having issues with different people have got issues with me I in the past raised a an issue with
Sharia Kuby when he issued the Buhari and though certain statements and I felt they were misleading having issues with people isn't is not an issue everybody can have it you're entitled to your opinion the problem is when it's just a sectarian game so what's happened is this this board there are the defenders of the Islamic board for defending sunni beliefs so they had issued this statement to chef yaku be that that he's
Paragraphs overlapping 0:00 to 2:37. Full text on the recording page.
Cite this segment
Stable id, transcript version and tier are part of the citation. Every change to a transcript is logged.Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2020-04-06-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/1/ (accessed 1 November 2026)
- APA 7
Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, April 6). What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi? [Video, segment 2020-04-06-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/1/
- Chicago author-date
Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?" Video, segment 2020-04-06-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded April 6, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/1/
- BibTeX
@misc{abulayth-2020-04-06-S01, author = {Mufti Abu Layth}, title = {{What does Mufti Abu Layth think of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi?}}, year = {2020}, month = {4}, date = {2020-04-06}, howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/1/}}, url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/mlnpcjxypqm/s/1/}, organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive}, urldate = {2026-11-01}, note = {Segment 2020-04-06-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors} }
Something wrong here?
Tell us what is wrong and it will be checked against the recording. Nothing changes until a person has reviewed it.
Sending a note needs JavaScript, which is off or unavailable in this browser. Nothing has been sent.
No name, email address or account is asked for or stored, and the inbox does not store your IP address. For rate limiting it keeps an unreadable fingerprint of your connection for 48 hours, and our database provider's own logs record connections as every website's do. Only your note, its kind, the page and the moment in the recording are kept, for review.