Yaa Aabid al Haramayn

O worshipper of the two sanctuaries, if you were to see us
You would know...your worship is a mere frivolty

O you who stains his cheeks with such pious tears
Whilst our chests are weeping...tears of blood.


- Abdullah ibn al Mubaarak, Warrior-poet and scholar
(Student of Abu Hanifa, and teacher of al-Bukhari Ra.)