Muhammad Hussein Yacoub

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Abu 'Alala' Muhammad ibn Hussein ibn Yacoub
Personal
Born	1956 (age 64–65) Giza, Egypt
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Egyptian
Era	Modern era
Region	Saudi Arabia
Denomination	Salafi
Movement	Salafi
Muslim leader
Influenced by Muhammad Abu Khubza Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen

Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (Arabic: محمد حسين يعقوب) is a Salafi^[1][2] Islamic scholar in the Arab world who has given hundreds of lectures in Da'wah. A number of his books are currently being published.

Birth and family[]

He was born in 1956 in the Matimdiyah area of Imbaba, in the Al Jizah Governorate in Egypt. Yacoub is the oldest of four brothers and has one older sister.

Seeking Islamic knowledge[]

Yacoub memorized the entire Qur'an at an early age, and learned about the study of Hadith. He studied the six canonical books of Sunni Islam with Moroccan scholar Muhammad Abu Khubza, in addition to studying with fellow Egyptian Abd al-Hamid Kishk. He then lived in Saudi Arabia ^[3]from 1980 to 1985, studying with Saudi ^[3]clerics Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen.

^[3]References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• Yacoub page on Islamway
• some lectures ^{[permanent dead link]}
• Biography of Muhammad Hussein Yacoub