One year with Scholarly Heritage
ONE YEAR WITH
SCHOLARLY HERITAGE
Alhamdu li-Allah
It is now one year since we launched the Scholarly Heritage Association. It has been an eventful year, during which we have grown in many different dimensions – by the tawfiq of Allah. We have been entrusted to organize and finance several great projects and events, translate and edit works of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, and promote them to reach a wider audience. In this process, we have also grown and matured as an organisation, developed new skills, established internal processes to maintain and raise the quality of our work.
We thank you for all your support – donations, volunteering efforts, moral support and encouragement. May Allah be pleased with you and with us, guard and increase the purity of our intentions and grant us tawifiq!
Below are some highlights from our first year of activity – may it inspire you to continue supporting us! Enjoy! Download PDF
February-March 2020
THE MAURITIUS TOUR AND HADITH RECITAL
The Mauritius Tour had many highlights with events such as:
- A well attended Dhikr session in the main mosque in Mauritius,
- Advice on how to build the Muslim community,
- A lecture on the “Principles of the Sunnah”,
- The hadith recital of the Ajlouniyya (the first hadith in forty great hadith collections) and the Awakhir (the last hadith). Both collections were recited in a session that was broadcast via live stream, and ijaza was given to 1300 attending students world wide.
Al-Arba’un al-Awakhir, which is an original, previously-unpublished work compiled by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, was printed and gifted to all those who attended on-site, and also made available as a PDF. A stock of the book was brought to the UK and gifted to scholars.
March 2020
FATWA ON FRIDAY PRAYERS DURING PANDEMICS
A Fatwa was issued in the form of a video recording by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi. This was issued during a time when the Muslim communities in the West were undecided, about whether the obligation of Friday prayers should be maintained. The Fatwa was translated into many different languages and promoted world wide.
April 2020
PRAYERS FOR PROTECTION
A wonderful gift to the entire Muslim Ummah:
- Live recitation of duas for protection in four online sessions
- The English translation and transliteration of the duas were provided by the scholarly Heritage translation team and edited documents were made available to the public, as a gift by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi.
This much needed and greatly appreciated series of videos was delivered in livestream sessions during a period of four weeks, which helped to relieve worries and anxieties at the beginning of the pandemic.
April-July 2020
RAMADAN AND EID
Several talks of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi were live streamed in connection with the blessed months of Ramadan and Dhul Hijja, including:
- Guidelines for fasting
- The importance of Laylat al-Qadr
- Prayer conference on the night of the 27th Ramadan
- Eid conversation
August 2020
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUKHARI RECITAL
ISTANBUL 2019
September 2020
INTERVIEW ON ISLAM CHANNEL TV
In September 2020, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi gave an interview on the Islam Channel, where he shared some of his childhood memories and gave advice on the upbringing of children, emphasising the importance of teaching them good character.
October 2020
EXHIBIT OF LOVE
October 2020
FATWA ON CELEBRATING MAWLID
Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi outlined the evidence for of celebrating Mawlid, as given by great scholars in the past, thus removing any doubt about its validity. The fatwa was translated into 12 different languages and published world wide.
November 2019 - November 2020
SHAMAIL AL-HABIB AL-MUSTAFA
The Shamail project is one of our largest projects, spanning over an entire year, from one Rabi al-Awwal to another, which comprised a long list of different activities and works:
- Organizing the event in Istanbul in Rabi al-Awwal 1441 / November 2019
- Filming the recital and editing it to a video series
- Live streaming it
- Handling the ijaza process
- Gifting a copy of the book to on-site attendees
- Translating the book to English
- Adding subtitles to the video
- And finally releasing it in Rabi’ al-Awwal 1442 / November 2020.
Scholarly Heritage purchased the remaining stock of the book Shamail al-Habib al-Mustafa, compiled by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, and made it available for sale. At the same time, copies were gifted to scholars and community leaders around the world.
November 2020
CHALLENGE OF LOVE
Scholarly Heritage launched a poetry competition, where old and young participated. Three winners, chosen by an independent jury, were given book prizes.
December 2020
CELEBRATING THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ
In defence of his honour
When slanders were publicly thrown at our beloved Prophetﷺ, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi replied with the maxim: “Our response to slander is praise,” thereby diverting angry reactions and channeling them into an act of love.
And the Shaykh immediately put it into action by offering a series of livestream programs, presenting one of his most eloquent and penetrating poems, namely The Moroccan Revelations, under the title, “Celebrating the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
From the live streams we extracted some highlights and circulated them as short clips on social media, in order to raise interest for the programme.
Around the year 2020
MORE TRANSLATIONS & VIDEOS
Over the year, Scholarly Heritage has produced a number of videos, translations and subtitles for works of Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, such as his New Year poem and The mother, the speech about Imam Ahmad Alawi and many others.
We thank Allah for this year in the service of one of His scholars and knowers, members of the Family of His most beloved Prophet ﷺ. We pray that it be accepted from us, and that we may be allowed to continue with ever increasing energy and refined skills – by His tawfiq and by the honor of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – may He send endless prayers and salutations upon him.
