Yakub (Nation of Islam)

Part of a series on the
Nation of Islam
Influencers Satokata Takahashi Noble Drew Ali
Leaders Wallace Fard Muhammad Elijah Muhammad Malcolm X Warith Deen Mohammed Louis Farrakhan Tynnetta Muhammad Ishmael Muhammad Ava Muhammad David Muhammad James 3X Khalid Muhammad
Beliefs and theology Saviours' Day Nation of Islam and antisemitism Tribe of Shabazz Yakub
History Million Man March Millions More Movement Justice or Else
Publications A Torchlight for America The Final Call Muhammad Speaks How to Eat to Live Message to the Blackman in America
Subsidiaries Fruit of Islam Muhammad Farms Muhammad University of Islam Muslim Girls Training Star Chamber Academy
Offshoots and sects American Society of Muslims Five-Percent Nation United Nation of Islam Nation of Yahweh Nuwaubian Nation
Related organizations Black Dragon Society Black Mafia New Black Panther Party Peace Movement of Ethiopia El Rukn Church of Scientology Yusuf Bey and Your Black Muslim Bakery
Islam portal  Politics portal
v t e

Yakub (sometimes spelled Yacub or Yaqub) is a figure in the mythology of the Nation of Islam (NOI) and the NOI's offshoots. According to the NOI's doctrine, Yakub was a black scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and began the creation of the white race through a form of selective breeding, referred to as "grafting", while he was living on the island of Patmos.

The story has, throughout its history, caused disputes within the NOI. The story was originated in the writings of the NOI's founder Wallace Fard Muhammad, but was rejected by some of its later leaders. Under its current leader Louis Farrakhan, the NOI continues to assert that the story of Yakub is true.