Poem: A Muslim Child from the West
I have to be patient and wait on Allah’s decree
I constantly pray that hijrah awaits me,
I wish to move to the land of the moslimoon
I wish that the distance between me and the mushrik is like
The distance of the Earth to the moon
I want to be raise in a pious land
Where scholars and students are as far away as a hand span
I want this for myself and not because of my parents
I want to please Allah and that is all that is apparent
I wish I can dream a dream of making Hajj
and then getting on the plane heading to Damaaj
My parents taught me the importance of gaining knowledge
and now its of my own desire to go to Salafi College
You see Harvard University doesn’t impress me
send me to the Medina Univeristy
I want to know more of my Lord before I meet Him
I don’t want to be of those who lose, but those who win
It is hard to find peers on the same page
A lot of people my age just think there is still time to play
I am very careful of the company I keep
Making sure they are strong so I may not become weak
A muslim child in the west has Oh so many tests
I wish to be a Muslim Child in the east
sitting with the scholars where my mind is at peace
- taken from muslimaat.info
Related Links:
- Hijrah and Residing in the Lands of Disbelief – By Imaam Muhammad Naasirud-Deen al-AlbaaneeIn the tape series ‘Al-Hudaa wa An-Noor’ tape # 617, Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee was asked: “Residing in the lands of disbelief, like that is the question, the question is about this matter, and in addition to it the American people who are Muslims, the Americans who are originally Muslims, is it incumbent upon them to make hijrah from there?”
- I am a Salafee – Why use the word ‘Salafee’ ? - by Shaik Nasiruddin AlbaneeAllaah Has Named us Muslims, So Why Ascribe Ourselves to the Salaf ?This questions was very beatifully answered by Imaam al-Albaani in his discussion with someone on this subject, recorded on the cassette entitled, “I am Salafi”.
- Why Choose Salafiyah ? – by Shaik Nasiruddin AlbaneeSource: Al-Asaalah, Issue 9Question: Why use the name Salafee? Is it a call towards a party or a group or a madh-hab (school of thought)? Or is it a new sect in Islaam?

As salaamu alaykum
This poem was orginally published here http://www.muslimaat.info/images/children/poemmuslimchild.pdf
and was called “Muslim Child in the West”. We do adhere to the minhaj as salafi.
Dear Ukhthi, wa alaikum asSalam wa rahmatullah
Reference updated to muslimaat.info
and corrected the title of the post.
Barakallah Feekum