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Shaykh Muḥammad Yaʿqūb Ḥammād is a senior Islamic scholar and spiritual mentor from Quetta, Pakistan, descending from a noble Pashtun lineage, traced back to the Prophet ﷺ. From early childhood, he displayed a deep attachment to Dīn, sacred knowledge, and the righteous.
Academic & Islamic Qualifications
Alongside his traditional Islamic studies, Shaykh Yaʿqūb attained BSc and MSc degrees in Organic Chemistry and worked in the medical field until 2000.
His formal Islamic training includes:
- Mishkāt Year (2003) under Qāḍī Aḥmad Jān at Mazharul ʿUlūm
- Dawrah al-Ḥadīth (2004) at Jamiah Farooqiyyah, under Salīmullāh Khān
He continued advanced study and research in Tafsīr, Ḥadīth, Fiqh, Uṣūl, Kalām, and Taṣawwuf until 2020.
Tasawwuf & Spiritual Lineage
Shaykh Yaʿqūb devoted eighteen years to intense spiritual training under his primary Murshid, ʿAbdul Hādī al-Qādrī al-Naqshbandī (d. 2020), serving him with complete devotion and undergoing rigorous tarbiyah.
He also accompanied his Murshid for nearly a decade in the company of Khwājah Khān Muḥammad, the leading Imām of the Naqshbandī order of his era.
Shaykh Yaʿqūb holds ijazāt in Sulūk and spiritual guidance in the Qādiriyyah, Naqshbandiyyah, and Chishtiyyah paths from numerous senior Mashāyikh, including:
- Shaykh ʿAbdul Hādī al-Qādrī al-Naqshbandī (primary Murshid)
- Maulānā ʿAbduṣ-Ṣamad al-Hālījwī (Qādiriyyah Rāshidiyyah)
- Maulānā Miā Ajmal Qādrī (Qādiriyyah–Naqshbandiyyah)
- Ḥaḍrat Khwājah ʿAzīz Aḥmad al-Bahlawī (Naqshbandiyyah)
- Maulānā Ḥāfiẓ Nāṣiruddīn Khākwānī (Naqshbandiyyah)
- Shaykh Rashīd Miā al-Lāhorī (Chishtiyyah Ṣābriyyah)
- Maulānā Muḥammad Muẓaffar al-Raipūrī (Chishtiyyah Ṣābriyyah)
Teaching, Writing & Reach
His students and disciples include scholars, muftis, duʿāt, and professionals across Pakistan, the Middle East, Europe, Australia, and North America.
He is the author of the forthcoming work:
Durr-e-Maknūn: Āthār-e-Qādiriyyah maʿa Khazāʾin-e-Naqshbandiyyah
Character & Personal Qualities
Shaykh Yaʿqūb is known for his humility, gentleness, generosity, wisdom, and aversion to publicity. He speaks multiple languages and is recognised by those of insight as a man of deep spiritual rank, concealed beneath simplicity and silence.
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