In his amusing book, "The major proclamations in Islam", the great Islamic thinker, Abdel Mota'al Al Sa'aedi allocates one proclamation about "War Crimincals" alone. Those whom Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) commanded to be killed, even if they held onto the Ka'aba's cloth. According to the book, "They're a group the Prophet (PBUH) excluded of Mecca's people, mainly because he vowed not to fight but those who fought Muslims in Quraysh even when found under Ka'aba's cloth. It was said they were an estimate of 10 and in other stories, 15. " Al Sa'adi listed their names, including Ka'ab Ibn Zuhair who started praising the Prophet after condemning him till he repented. The Prophet then annulled his killing. Following multiple trials, Ka'ab managed to enter Madina where he stayed at an old acquaintance's who accompanied him for Fajr prayers when he met with the prophet and praised him in his famous powm, "Al Burda", the mother of proses and poetry in praising the prophet (PBUH). Ka'ab started his poem by the below lines, Gaiety showed upon my unchained heart For those whose abandonment would leave behind an unadorned eye Later he cited the story of the prophet's command and Ka'ab's pleading for his salvation later on: I was told God's messenger gave me the sanguine pardon I came to him to express my regret God sent you scriptures filled with morals Don't regard me as by the word of mouth no matter how many He goes on about the prophet, Sahhaba, their courage and morale: Mohamed is a lantern paving the road for God's sword Neither jouful when their spears hit others or saddened for being hit by them The prophet then placed his clock to Ka'ab and absolved him Despite the affluence and greatness of Ka'ab, other poets followed his lead, such as Hassan Ibn Thabet, whom the prophet described as, "The holy spirit still is for you for you believe in Allah and his messenger ..." Following the prophet's death Ibn Thabet said: I wish to be by his mighty side Praising the prophet didn't end with those great poets; Al-sīra al-Nabawiyya (Prophetic biography) contains a number of poems pertaining to that subject, most important of which is Al-Boseiry, titled "The Cloak" who lived during the seventh Hijri century. The title is attributed to a cloak the prophet placed on an ill man leading to his full recovery. Al Boseiry says in his poem: Hold onto God's undivided rope and attribute all the virtues to his messenger Al Boseiry's effect: The influence of Al Boseiry extended to touch Ahmed Shawky who wrote, "Gazelle at the bottom", later was sung by the famous, Um Kolthoum. It goes as the below, I lent an ear that doesn't hear and a heart that wouldn't listen If one thing helped with the flourishing of poems to praise the prophet, it would be technology where Sheikh Tohamy made his debut end of the last millennium. Yassin Al Tohamy was born December 6th, 1949 in Manfalout, Assyut who proved to be a real star. Even You Tube is overflowing with poems cited and Islamic songs in tune with our love to the Prophet Mohamed (PBUH), and no matter how much that's abhorred by Islamists and their strict Muslim Brotherhood group, we'll always be supplicating to Allah.
