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The Ya`qubi family

A family of scholars and saints, Al al-bayt of the Hasani - Idrisi branch, migrated to Damascus from Algeria, after having fought jihad against the French colonizers.
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 		Buried in Bab Saghir, in the section al-al-Bayt:
  1. Shaykh Siddiq al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1889/1307 H.)
    MY's paternal great-grandfather

  2. Shaykh Sharif al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1943/1362 H.)
    MY's father's uncle,
    Malikite Imam of the Omayyad mosque
    – buried near the entrance of Bab Swayqa

  3. Shaykh Muhammad 'Arabi al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1965/1384 H.)
    MY's his father's maternal uncle,
    Malikite Imams of the Omayyad mosque

  4. Shaykh Isma'il al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1960/1380 H.),
    MY's grandfather,
    a great Waliy known for his miracles
    – buried 50 meters south of Fatima Sughra

  5. Shaykh Ibrahim al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1985/1406 H.),
    the father of Sheikh Muhammad, one of the greatest scholars Syria saw in the past 50 years; he was also the Imam and teacher of the Omayyad Mosque.
    – buried 50 meters south of Fatima Sughra
References:
- Sheikh Ibrahim Institute
- bmk ziarat 2006

More: Bio of the Ya`qubi family >>
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 		Also buried there,  a few meters north of Fatima Sughra's pavillon:

    1. Amina bint Muhammad Salim Mansur Amrau al-Jaza'iri, mother of Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (d. 1417H / 1996), with

    2. Fariza bint Ma'mun `Azat al-Rabat Umm Ibrahim, wife of Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (d. 12 Rabi`al-Awwal 1427 / 2006)

Index of all biographies >>
Index of ziarat >>
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Tomb stone of al-Sayyid al-Sheykh Ibrahim al-Ya`qubi - qaddasa Allahu sirrahu. (Photo: JK/Ziarat 2006)

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Tomb stone of Sayyida Amina and Umm Ibrahim.
(Photo: JK/Ziarat 2006)

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