Most replies to this thread seem to paint the studying of law in bad light, so i thought i might reply. Some of you have rightly highlighted that law as it is taught in western universities is contrary to our religion. Having said this though, we need to take it further by seeing whether all branches of Law taught in the west are 'Haram'. Looking it from this angle, things are not as simple. An Example of a branch of Law that is 'haram' to practice for a muslim is that of criminal law where you will be expected to defend and apply criminal codes that are contrary to the teachings of islam. But the learning and practice of such areas as human rights and International law are not as grey. The reason being, often these branches of Law were derived by western law givers in the medieval Europe using knowledge gained from the Islamic world at the time and therefore having strong similarities to the Shariah. In international law, Islamic treatises anticipated the work of Grotius by eight centuries. In fact the attempt to develop such international law principles long anticipated any similar work in other legal or cultural systems. Human rights doctrine based upon the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet is still envy of the west. There are many examples where European law-givers used principles worked out by islamic jurists in various branches of the British common law. I think the simplest answer is as follows: A lawyer represents his client in legal matters, thus he takes the rule of the 'wakeel'(attorney). So being a lawyer in the west is perfectly fine as long as the branch of law that you select is one where you're able to practice without breaking the laws of Allah. So you can only be a 'wakeel' for another in pursuing what Islam allows him or that other person to pursue using Islamic means but not where he pursues what the Shari'ah does not recognise as that person's right or via using haram means. For example, representing someone as a practicing lawyer in the west, to buy or sell a car may be OK but not representing him to buy a bar, and so on. Another way of looking at it is: One can represent another to do something which the Shari'ah allows him to do for himself, but not to do something the Shari'ah forbids him doing for himself. And in representing that person, one must use haram means e.g. avoiding cheating, fraud etc. The principle is quite simple and straightforward, though the application in today's world might be difficult and testing. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was one of the world's first and greatest law givers. He wrote several documents about government and rights in Medina, which are now seen as one of the world's first constitutions. Furthermore, the Qur'an is as much as a spiritual guidepost as it a legal code of morality. So being a lawyer is perfectly Islamic. In some ways, it makes perfect sense. Furthermore, Muslims today are some of the most oppressed people in the world. The law is a device and tool we can use to help Muslims all over the world -- to bring cases in front of world and UN courts and also individual nation's courts. Hope that helps.

Ethiopia: A Thorn to Somali Peace It is said that to err is human, but to forgive is divine. But when that forgiveness is between two nations, and not between two individual human beings, then we begin to enter the realms of impossibility. However prior to forgiving, one must feel that justice, a word seldom heard of in today’s world conflicts, has first taken place and that there was a resolution to whatever the conflict was over. Ethiopia, formerly called Abyssinia, is one of the most ancient countries in Africa, but when it comes to the History of the Somali people and country it has been one of our greatest foes. From the time of Ahmad Gurey to the present time, it seems that Ethiopia cannot accept nor respect Somalia’s territorial integrity. Somalia occupies the eastern 'horn' of Africa, the largest, single homogeneous area in the continent. Our country has unfortunately been the playground of international politics for many years. It was with this territorial dispute that Somalia and Ethiopia fought two wars over. However, it has to be acknowledged, that this was a problem mainly caused by the partition as co-ordinated by the colonial powers, with no regard for territorial boundaries of nations. Yet another loathsome legacy of European colonisation, they brought with them to the continent the tools of injustice, and left the same way they came, with no regard for the sovereignty of nations. All across Africa, it is easy to see how colonial powers came, raped and abandoned the person whom they raped and humiliated, abandoning them without love, abandoning them without even listening to their narratives, or being interested in their future. A neo-colonial subject is such that it is born into uncertainty, lives in uncertainty, dies in uncertainty and operates on the frontiers of uncertainty. A neo-colonial subject is basically a person who is told, ‘You are not who you are’, nor do you belong to where you think you do. It is indeed ironic that it is they, who are today lecturing us on justice, the right to self-determination and oh yes the oddly phrased ‘human rights’. European partitioning aside, Ethiopia has acted injustly by accepting and as history showed, sometimes insisting that the partition drawn by the Europeans was the correct one. By immorally taking this land, Ethiopia continues to rule a land whose inhabitants are Somali with nothing in common with the other communities under the Ethiopian governments rule. This very fact, was echoed by President Sharmarke in Mogadishu, in January 1962: “Our misfortune is that our neighboring countries, with whom, like the rest of Africa, we seek to promote constructive and harmonious relations, are not our neighbors. Our neighbors are our Somali kinsmen whose citizenship has been falsified by indiscriminate boundary 'arrangements'. They have to move across artificial frontiers to their pasturelands. They occupy the same terrain and pursue the same pastoral economy as ourselves. We speak the same language. We share the same creed, the same culture and the same traditions. How can we regard our brothers as foreigners?” The above address was given at a time when Somalia was a nation with a government that had the interests of its people at heart and with all nations in Africa was trying to adjust to life post-colonialism. Despite this Ethiopia had no ears for the complaints of the Somali government, which was what led to the war mentioned above. Fast forward to the year 2004 and things haven’t changed much at all. If anything Ethiopia is today taking advantage of our miserable state and further dividing our nation. The Somali people in areas occupied areas continue to demand their independence, but Addis Ababa meets these demands with heavy-handedness. It continues to violate human rights laws with appalling regularity, by arresting any man they suspect of belonging to the guerrilla organisations, torturing them and raping their women. In addition to the parts they occupy, Ethiopia continues to support the warlords which continue to deny the Somali people the peace they crave for. So far those wishing for peace in Somalia have been concentrating their efforts on first creating the peace needed for us to get back on our feet. Perhaps then turning our attention to freeing our fellow Somali’s in occupied areas. This is definitely the best way to go, for no one can hope for a greater Somalia, without rebuilding the small fractured part that is still in our hands. But Ethiopia seems bent on denying us even that part, by continuing to interefere in Somalia’s internal affairs. Somalia is today being watched by an international community, that seems to have eyes, that see not, and have ears, that hear not, unless of course the cries are coming from an area of interest. The future can only be judeged by the past, therefore we must ask ourselves the question, what has been the conduct of the Ethiopian government for the last fourteen years, especially the current one led by Meles Zenawi. It seems that the power hungry warlords and Zenawi have joined together to become formidable forces that are determined to hold the wishes of the Somali people at bay for as long as they can. And as long as we keep on quarrelling amongst ourselves, it appears that they will have their way. For those of you who are questioning the amount of correspondence between Zenawi and the warlords, then there is plenty of evidence. Mr Issa from the Somali SBS service (in Australia), on the 24th December interviewed a former minister from the breakaway republic of Puntland. This minister now resides in Europe. When Issa asked the question of where Puntland gets its Arms from, the minister answered that, since it couldn’t be from the Arab states because of the fact that most of them don’t support nor recognise the so called ‘breakaway republics’, then logic dictates that it could only be from, well you know who. In fact Zenawi himself never makes any attempts to hide this, he knows well that the moment peace returns to the country, then accountability begins as to border issues. Former President Daniel Arab Moi of Kenya, speaking at the American Defence University in Washington DC, was quoted as saying that one of the drawbacks to the Somali peace process was the regional suspicion that a united Somalia might pursue as he put it, its “expansionist dreams”. It seems that even Moi, who was long seen as impartial, has fears that a re-united Somali might and rightfully will, one hopes, resurrect its early territorial claims. Nurudding Farah, a famous Somali novelist describes modern Somalia as “a nation with a split personality” at war really with itself, exploding with ancient hatreds and modern feuds. Farah places responsibility for Somalia's plight on Somalian's themselves: "If you take the Somali nation as a family, the betrayal is no longer that of colonialism, it is no longer from outside, but from within. And the cure must also be found from within." The “split personality” that modern Somalis suffer from is that of desiring unity, but not tendering the necessary patience and sacrifice, to achieve that unity. Unity once achieved is a wonderful thing, it can be a platform on which to realise our dreams and take our rightful place in the League of Nations, but unity does not come effortlessly. Disunity on the other hand, is the devil’s playground. Disunity is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor never his victim, whose pain is magnified the more we disunite. It is the worst nightmare of the political prisoner in his cell, the hungry children, and the homeless refugees. Trekking further on the path of disunity, is to choose not to respond to their plight, not to relieve their solitude by offering them a spark of hope, effectively exiling them from human memory. An Indian proverb reads “the cries’ of another’s child becomes a headache; however the cry of your own child becomes a heartache”.

Mahadsanid walaal AbdiKhadar. Saad sheegtay, Somalia maanta meel xun ayeey taalaa, marka anaga ayeey quseesaa soo celis keeda. "Heybad Waxaad Kuleedahay, Dhulkaaga Hooyo".

Unsung Somali Heroes Somalia has been called many things in its history, the Horn of Africa, Nation of Poets, The Great African Hope. The English historian turned explorer Richard Burton, in his book “First Footsteps in Africa” describes Somalis as a "a fierce race of Republicans". Gordon Waterfield also had this to say “The Somalis have intelligence, charm and a considerable ability in argumenting a case which concerns their interest.” We are known to be argumentative people skilled in presenting their case before the people and the authorities in a very convincing manner using very apt words, phrases, similies and recalling precedents, antecedents, evidence, etc. in poems, proverbs and songs of genealogical histories. In a novel “A Naked Needle” written by Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah against the background of the city of Mogadishu full of excitement over the 1969 Revolution of Mohammed Siad Barre, the following statements about the Somali identity or Somali character have been made: "Emotion is Africa's tag, but Somali's is super-intelligence. A sick society that sees her handsomeness in a shadow in the water of a non-existent river. That is what I say!" "... because Somalis, to my mind, are the most political parrots on this earth.... The Somalis are the Irish of Africa. Furthermore, if we turn to democracy and its ideals, by closely viewing the decision making process of what is known as the “Shir”, we begin to see clear evidence of true, pure democracy in action. The west views democracy as its own, something that only they know how to accomplish. It seems the rest of the world, needs to be taken ‘back to school’ first, in order to be considered ‘democratic’, by the west. When in actual fact, neither the Europeans nor the Americans are actually 'democratic' in the strict sense of the word. I would describe their democracy more as a 'corporate democracy', for the only reason they agree on the already rotten principles that they do, is to satisfy their urge for everlasting economic stability, which directly stems from their total believe that as long as they keep their populations materially content, or at least give them the feeling that they are materialistically 'sound', then they can keep them in check and that materialism is the route to happiness. The unique concept of ‘Shir’, was studied by a number of Social anthropologists, one of which is Professor I.M. Lewis in his research study “A Pastoral Democracy” (1961). He vividly describes the democratic process of decision-making adopted by the Somali pastoral bands in their Shirs. He testifies as under: “The informal council (Shir) summoned as need arises, at every order of segmentation, and attended by all the adult men, or their representative chosen at smaller lineage-group Shirs, is the fundamental institution of government. It has not formal constitution except that of membership of the lineage concerned, no regular place or time of meeting and there are no official positions on it. All men are councillors, and all men politicians. Agreements are reached by majority decisions following the direction taken by the consensus of feeling at a meeting. Men sit or squat on the ground at a Shir and when they wish to speak often rise to their feet. Although there may be a great deal of argument and wrangling, all those present are expected to behave courteously and breaches of good manners may be punished. The ad hoc council disposes of the collective business of a group. Here contracts are promulgated within dia-paying groups and between them, or they are rescinded; peace-treaties are made, the decision to unite against another group is taken and an attack planned with the appointment of a battle leader; all these and other matters are dealt with by the Shir.” By know you must be asking, why all this historical commentary. Well allow me to clear the air. The title of this paper, translated in English is ‘The Voice of Somali Youth’. This youth currently make up more than 50% of our population. Therefore it is the future of the youth of Somalia that is today being ruined by warlords poisoned or rather overdosed with the age old medieval concept of tribalism. The youth of today, have been denied the chance to attend school in their own country, the only option left being for their parents to ship them out in the depth of the night, to foreign countries. The few that have made it to the west, had to contend with a whole new culture and the experiences of attending school in a foreign land, where they had to learn a whole new language, just to get a start. They have never known a Somalia in peace with itself and neighbours, they have never experienced the joys of attending school with their own countrymen and women, singing their own national anthem at the start of school, instead of singing ‘Advance Australia Fair’ or even worse ‘God Save The Queen!’. These are the anthems of Australia. So my intention for writing this article, is to give our young brothers and sisters reading this paper, a sense of the honour, dignity, respect, courage of our former self. Somali heroes are many, such as Ahmed Gurey, Sayyid Muhammad Abdille Hasan alias Mad Mullah, Xawo Tako, Dagax Tuur, members of the Somali Youth League that led the struggle for independence and many others some well known, others not so well known. Even though these heroes defined our nation and are people we should adopt as role models, we must also realise and reflect on the Somali character itself, rather than the heroes as individuals. For what defines every hero or role model is his or her character, and that character surely stems from their own culture, as the saying goes ‘behind every great man is a woman’, well we say ‘behind every great hero is the character of his/her people’, or something to that end. Our youth should therefore learn their history, which will hopefully make them realise that they are more than what they give themselves credit for, and this will help us to get rid of the resulting inferiority complex. Some arguments include the ‘blame-game’ where we start blaming our elders for the dire state of our nation, but solutions are not found by such a strategy, nor by the lack of role models on which to build our aspirations. The typical Somali male of today, with his crooked teeth, from excessive chewing of Khat. More like the teeth, to mirror it with the Eddie Murphy comical analogy of 'don't know whether the brother is smiling or kicking a field goal'. This is where we have to look to the past, our glory days. The heroes which defined our nation, youthful heroes that is. As I noted above, the Somali Youth League was founded in 1943, a youth league that helped Somalia gain its independence from foreign colonization and united the Somali people. They did this by fighting tribalism and rejecting it in all its forms and manifestations. Just like we are today, they were youth who were tired of the way their country was being mishandled. Mind you, they were facing not only the tribalism which are today, but in addition to that, they were also facing foreign armies(colonisers), who were exacerbating the situation by using tribalism to further divide the Somali people in order to further increase their days of ruling by the iron-collar. This youth however were not to be threatened, nor out-gunned they started a political organisation where they single handledly dismantled the politics of tribalism. For this, was what kept our nation from gaining its independence, this internal fighting game. As soon as this was accomplished, our country became one of the first African nations to gain independence. This led to some commentators at the time hailing Somalia as the Great African Hope, ahead of Ghana, reason being that we had all the necessary political components, this was further strengthened by the fact that we had the resulting elections produced the first democratically elected President in Africa. This youth never gave up, they used their culture and the natural Somali flair to bring their people together and as a consequence became one of the most popular parties in Somali politics. See politics was not new to our people, they just needed to find one minus the tribalism. The level of political participation often surpassed that in many developed western democracies. What this youth did, to bring that back was to twist and bend with their people, they became creative because their people were creative, mirrored their needs, and became their voice, being judged by those who gave it life. Therefore we must not let their longevity be limited to the nourishment they provided their people, by ridding them off the shackles of slavery and colonisation, but we must continue their legacy, just as they preceded those before them. We should use those people as our heroes and role models, brothers and sisters just like you and I, who didn't stand back while their motherland was being robbed and raped, but stepped up and did something. We should get out of the inferiority-complex that many of us are finding ourselves in today. We belong to a proud nation, with proud and highly ingenious and creative people. Each one of you can make a difference by discouraging your family members from using tribalism as a tool to down-grade their own brothers and sisters. If we can’t convince our own family members of the ills of tribalism, who else are we going to convice? On a final note, there is a lot to hope for in the future. What we need to do is to honour those heroes by continuing their legacy or at the least keeping them in mind. For those of you who were of the thinking, that we are a bunch of crazy gun wielding skinny Somali’s. You no longer have an excuse to continue such thinking; we are more than that, a lot more. There are Alhamdullillah, plenty of young brothers and sisters who follow this line of thinking, that we are more than that and always have been. Lets encourage each other; remind each other of the beauty, discipline, courage, commitment and intelligence of our heroes, our unsung 'Somali heroes'.

LixAfar thanks for raising this important topic. As the rest of my brothers and sisters have rightly pointed out, the solution does lie in implementing the golden principles of Islam, which is the source of civilisation as we know it. The laws that govern the west today are laws directly derived from Islam, for mankind in incapable of inventing laws for himself, man-made laws lead only to choas and destruction. For example, in International law, Islamic treatises anticipated the work of Grotius by eight centuries. Its great to see that we all agree on this point, and that we haven't been brainwashed into believing that such antagonistic systems, such as democracy and capitalism are solutions to our problems, as many have been. For indeed neither of these are compatible with the religion of Allah nor of the Somali way of life. We are all saddened with the way our country is being mishandled, but it is upto us to do something about that. Using the wisdom that Allah has endowed us through our beautiful religion, along with our natural somali flair, we can make a change. We didn't become one of the first African countries to achieve their independence from European colonisation by sitting back and hoping, but we took the necessary steps to achieve our dreams of independence. Indeed soon after gaining independence Somali was hailed as 'the Great Africa Hope' by different commentators, saying that Somalia is in a great position to lead Africa post-colonialism. This was due to our collective struggle, the care we afforded each other, our eagerness to educate the massess, the abundance of our resources and many other factors. I kind of made this long, but i'll finish on this point. Like many of you, i live in a western country and have done so for the last ten years since coming here as a youngster. One thing we have to realise is that, if Somalia is to change, it is the Somalis that reside in the west that need to take on the responsibility of bringing about that change. We cannot expect the Somalis back home to take any active involvement in politics, the reason being that, they are more concerned about putting the next meal on the table for their families, and rightly so. They have the extra package of clan loyalties, which in many cases is what puts that same food on the table. The somalis living abroad do not suffer from either of these misfortunes. This is one of the reasons why the warlords who continue to rape our motherland off its dignity, do not fear the somali massess back home as much as they fear those abroad. Those abroad have both the resources and the opportunity to exert some pressure and bring about the change which will benefit both themselves and their brother and sisters back home. The question therefore, is not whether we can do something, but whether we are willing to put our clan loyalties aside and unite for the sake of our collective futures, using the religion of Allah as our guiding star, for it is free from hypocrisy and misconceptions.

The Ability to see the Signs of Allah Say: "Praise be to Allah. He will show you His Signs and you will recognise them. Your Lord is not heedless of anything you do." (Surat an-Naml: 93) In many societies today, the Qur'an is assessed very differently from what is the real purpose of its revelation. In the Islamic world, in general, very few people know the contents of the Qur’an. Some Muslim people often hang the Qur’an on the walls of their houses within a decorative cover and elderly people read it from time to time. They assume that the Qur’an protects those who read it from "misfortune and trouble". According to this superstition, they consider the Qur’an a sort of amulet against misfortunes. The Qur’anic verses, however, inform us that the purpose of the Qur’an’s revelation is entirely different from what is mentioned above. For instance, in the 52nd verse of Surah Ibrahim, Allah states: "This is a communication to be transmitted to mankind so that they can be warned by it and so that they will know that He is One God and so that people of intelligence will pay heed." In many other verses, Allah emphasises that one of the most crucial purposes of the Qur’an’s revelation is to invite people to ponder. In the Qur’an, Allah invites people to reject blindly accepting the beliefs and values society imposes on them and to ponder by pushing aside all the prejudices, taboos and constraints on their minds. Man must think on how he came into being, what is the purpose of his life, why he will die and what awaits him after death. He must question how he himself and the whole universe came into existence and how they continue to exist. While doing this, he must relieve himself of all constraints and prejudices. By thinking, while isolating his conscience from all social, ideological and psychological obligations, the person should eventually perceive that the entire universe, including himself, is created by a superior power. Even when he examines his own body or any other thing in nature, he will see an impressive harmony, plan and wisdom at work within its design. At this point again, the Qur'an guides man. In the Qur’an, Allah guides us as to what we should reflect on and investigate. With the methods of reflection given in the Qur'an, he who has faith in Allah will better perceive Allah’s perfection, eternal wisdom, knowledge and power in His creation. When a believing person starts to think in the way shown in the Qur’an, he soon realises that the whole universe is a sign of Allah’s power and art, and that, "nature is a work of art, not the artist itself". Every work of art exhibits the exceptional skills of the one who has made it and conveys his messages. In the Qur’an, people are summoned to contemplate numerous events and objects that clearly testify to the existence and uniqueness of Allah and His attributes. In the Qur’an, all these beings that bear witness are designated as "signs", meaning "tested evidence, absolute knowledge and expression of truth". Therefore, the signs of Allah comprise all the beings in the universe that disclose and communicate the being and attributes of Allah. Those who can observe and remember will see that the entire universe is only composed of the signs of Allah. This, indeed, is the responsibility of mankind; to be able to see the signs of Allah... Thus, such a person will come to know the Creator Who created him and all other things, draw closer to Him, discover the meaning of his existence and his life and so prosper. This article can never adequately show the innumerable signs of Allah, nor can any other work. Each thing, the breaths a human takes, political and social developments; the cosmic harmony in the universe, the atom, which is one of the smallest pieces of matter, is each a sign of Allah and they all operate under His control and knowledge, abiding by His laws. Recognising and knowing the signs of Allah calls for personal effort. Everyone will recognise and know the signs of Allah in accordance with his own wisdom and conscience. Undoubtedly, some guidelines may also help. As the first step, one can investigate certain points stressed in the Qur'an in order to acquire the mentality that perceives the whole universe as an articulation of the things Allah created. This book by Harun Yahya is written to draw attention to some of the subjects that we are advised to ponder in the Qur’an. I advise you all to visit his website ( harunyahya.com ) to see the full contents of this book, freely available as well as free videos Online, articles on science, faith and life. There are audio books and many different presentations on such diverse topics as Refutation of Darwanism, Design in Nature and Universe, Miracles of the Qur'an, The Myth Called Matter, Lives of the Prophets, Wisdom from the Qur'an, True Islamic Morals, Life After Death and many more. Allah’s signs in nature are emphasised in Surat an-Nahl: It is He Who sends down water from the sky. From it you drink and from it come the shrubs among which you graze your herds. And by it He makes crops grow for you and olives and dates and grapes and fruit of every kind. . There is certainly a sign in that for people who reflect. He has made the night and the day subservient to you, and the sun, the moon and the stars, all subject to His command. There are certainly signs in that for people who use their intellect. And also the things of varying colours He has created for you in the earth. There is certainly a sign in that for people who pay heed. It is He Who made the sea subservient to you so that you can eat fresh flesh from it and bring out from it ornaments to wear. And you see the ships cleaving through it so that you can seek His bounty, and so that perhaps you may show thanks. He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so it would not move under you, and rivers and pathways so that perhaps you might be guided, and landmarks. And they are guided by the stars. Is He Who creates like him who does not create? So will you not pay heed? (Surat an-Nahl: 10-17) In the Qur'an, Allah invites men of understanding to think about the issues which other people overlook, or just dismiss using such barren terms as "evolution", "coincidence", or "a miracle of nature". In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are Signs for people of intelligence: those who remember Allah standing, sitting and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: "Our Lord, You did not create this for nothing. Glory be to You! So guard us from the punishment of the Fire." (Surah Ali-‘Imran: 190-191) As we see in these verses, people of understanding see the signs of Allah and try to comprehend His eternal knowledge, power and art by remembering and reflecting on them, for Allah’s knowledge is limitless, and His creation flawless. For men of understanding, everything around them is a sign of this creation.

Assalamu Alaikum, While my heart recited the verse: "And if they turn away, say: God is enough for me, there is no god but He; in Him do I place my trust, for He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." My mind too addressed my soul, crying out in distress and terror, saying: Cry not out at misfortune, O wretch, come, trust in God! For know that crying out compounds the misfortune and is a great error. Find misfortune's Sender, and know it is a gift within gift, and pleasure. So leave crying out and offer thanks; like the nightingale, smile through your tears! If you find Him not, know the world is all pain within pain, transience and loss. So why lament at a small misfortune while upon you is a worldful of woe? Come trust in God! Trust in God! Laugh in misfortune's face; it too will laugh. As it laughs, it will diminish; it will be changed and transformed.

Assalamu Alaikum, Much loved brothers and sisters, i'm a new comer to this forum. Mashallah the content posted is of high quality, but with such talented brothers and sisters, its no suprise. I would to make my first contribution with this following poem, titled my beloved. Its a bit lenght, but inshallah word the read/time. MY BELOVED There was a time in my youth, When Islam was only a custom. They said "say La Ilaha Illa Allah,.. And pray, you'll go to Heaven." Ah, how simple, no struggle in this, Just a word, and simple act. Thereafter I'm absorbed in this world again, With my 'assured' place in Paradise intact. But this was not to be my fate For Allah chose to guide my heart. I learnt of a man who struggled so hard When his mission was from the start. The story of someone who had morals, Spoke gently, kindness he knew. Never fearing to say what's right, His conviction in Islam was true. The touch of his hand was as soft as silk To comfort a crying child. To mend his clothes, or do the chores, Never complaining, he always smiled. A living he made with his bare hands, The same that held his mighty sword. Valour shone from the edge of his blade, Only fighting for the sake of his Lord. His smell was always of musk, And cleanliness he kept at his best. Stark contrast with the heroes of today, Who stink of beer and sweat. He held the hands of his companions. Unashamed to play with many children. So modest, so humble, a perfect example, That strangers could not recognise him. His eyes slept little for nights were precious, His prayers he treasured much greater. To pray Tahajjud in the depths of night, Seeking forgiveness, and nearness to his Creator. He broke his tooth for me at Uhud, And bled for me at Ta'if. He cried for me, tears of concern, Just so I could have this belief. His enemies admired his teachings, Uniting every religion, every clan. Till Islam came to every corner of the world, O, but indeed he was only a man. To own a house, or build his wealth Was not his main priority. To establish Islam was more essential, To bring us under a Higher Authority. Don't you want him to plea for your case, When before Allah -The Judge- you stand? Don't you wish to be around his fountain, A burning desire to drink from his hand? So I love him more than all creation, My leader, my humble Prophet. Muhammad was a mercy to all mankind, And to me, he is my beloved.