Muhammad al-Yaqoubi is a very influential Sufi preacher in the Western hemisphere, particularly in the English-speaking world. As a typical Sufi Molvi,  he has his good share of stories in which Ghuluw practices (such as invoking the saints directly, especially in times of hardship!) are endorsed and propagated to the gullible (under the pretext that the saints can perform Karamat and Mu’jizat even after their demise. As if this somehow justifies invoking the saints directly in the essence of worship that is Du’a, something that Islam has never endorsed, whether the saint is dead or alive).