Poem: Like moth to flame

The flag stands firm, before you O Hussain, 

It protects you from every harm and every pain, 

It stands firm and protects you O Hussain, 

For with loyalty we flock to you O Hussain. 

Like moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain.

I look and weep for your tragedy is great, 

The others look at us with contempt and hate, 

They attack us and tell us Hell is your fate, 

We smile back and say, is not Ali standing on Heavens gate?

Like moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain, 

When you were outnumbered and left alone, 

You wavered not, nor did you falter, 

For Allah's religion, everything you gave, 

I sit here and weep for O Hussain, my master Husain. 

Like moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain, 

Fourteen Hundred years after your day, 

I sit and weep, people wondering if I am insane, 

I look at your day and wonder, 

Why on your day there is no thunder, 

Knowing the skies weep and heaven rents asunder, 

Like  moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain

We bring our children to you Hussain, 

Hoping they can serve your Mehdi in every way, 

For the battle began with You in Kerbala, 

but injustice will end with him, 

When he come to us, like the sunlight ray, 

Like moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain

Bless us to continue serving you O Hussain, 

For Zahra prays for the one who serves you Hussain. 

Like moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain.

For because of you, the earth receives rain, 

And all goodness does the earth retain, 

For the sacrifice you gave for Islam, 

The world echoes Allah's name. 

Like moth to flame, we flock to you O Hussain

A Gift for the Holy Month of Ramadhan!

To all my readers, I’d like to present a small gift through this article for the beginning of this holy month. This is something that I learnt in a recent series of Islamic lectures I attended at Wipahs, Kibaha in Dar Es Salaam. I would like to say a word about Dua. This is a word we hear often and its one of many relevant words of this holy Month.

This is the Month where Allah[swt] opens the doors of His mercy and His forgiveness. So much so that even breathing is considered as Glorification of Allah and Sleeping is considered worship!! This it the month where the Holy Quran was revealed. The month in which we ask Allah[swt] for our wants and needs.

With regards to Dua, we learn the method from Sahifa e Kamila in which there are many Duas and the Imam teaches us how to Ask Allah[swt]. The Imam[as] starts by praising Allah[swt] and mentioning the qualities of Allah[swt]. After praising Allah[swt], Imam mentions his own humility and his own nothingness infront of Allah[swt]. He then sends salutations on the Holy Prophet and his progeny. Now, he asks for his wants and desires by phrasing it in such a way that he is asking for the Duniya as well as the Akhirah. And then sends salutations to the Holy Prophet and his progeny whilst ending the supplication. 

The thing that struck me the most during these lectures was that How many of us ask Allah[swt] for things but not expecting to attain it? I know that I myself am guilty of this. For instance we ask Allah[swt] for things but then we apply logic and our own circumstances to the situation. For example I ask Allah[swt] for a Ferrari but in my heart I think that my pay is less and that I would have to save for 5 years to get a Ferrari or that my situation wont allow me to buy one! 

This mentality is incorrect when asking Allah[swt]. Some scholars say that Allah [swt] does not give us what we ask of HIM rather He gives us what we Expect of Him!! It is important to remember that we, Human beings are bounded by laws and Our Rabb, Our Lord can Do anything that He[swt] wills. Thus when we ask, We should remember to ask ONLY Him and remember that He is the only One who can give us what we desire and that He is not bounded by the laws - but the creator of those laws! Believe that He shall give and you will receive, Inshallah.

Finally, in this Holy Month when making Duas please remember my family and myself.

I pray that Your Duas are answered and you are enveloped in the mercy, grace and Love of Allah[swt]. 

Ma’salaam. 

Kerbala Poem

Salaaam Alaykum,

I had been blessed to go to Kerbala last month. Whilst thinking about Kerbala, I wrote the following small poem before my trip;

Kerbala

An oasis of hope in the desert of despair

A bowl of warm rice to the starving man

A chair to the man tired of walking

Serenity to the one who is worried

Love for the One who is full of hatred

Contentment to the  one who is greedy

 Home to the lovers Of Ahlulbayt

 You still ask me what is Kerbala?

 It Is ALL this And so much more! 

 My words fail to Express the  Heaven that is  Kerbala.

To those that have been yearn to go again, 

To those that havent been, they desire to go to Kerbala

A place so sacred that only one who is called can go, 

A place where one man sacrificed his life and the life of his dear ones, 

all for his Lord. 

In its rawest form, Kerbala is LOVE  Manifested in the highest manner.

For me, Kerbala is just that: LOVE!! <3

May you be blessed!