If the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم visited you...

I must stress, this was not written by me, but by a revert sister called Camilia El-Banhawy Badr, who if I recall correctly, was a former nun. I think she wrote it in the early 80's. If you copy and paste this into emails, please acknowledge her as the author, and pray for Allah to have mercy on her soul. (She since passed away).

I WONDER ...

If the Prophet Muhammad visited you, just for a day or two,
If he came unexpectedly I wonder what you would do.
Oh, I know you'd give your nicest room to such an honoured guest,
And all the food you'd serve to him would be the very best,
And you would keep assuring him, you're glad to have him there,
That serving him in your home, is joy beyond compare.

But... when you saw him coming, would you meet him at the door,
With arms outstretched in welcome, to your visitor?
Or... would you have to change your clothes before you let him in?
Or hide some magazines and put the Qur'an where they had been?

Would you still watch the same movies on your T.V. set?
Or would you rush to switch it off before he got upset?
Would you turn off the radio and hope he hadn't heard?
Or wish you hadn't uttered that last loud hasty word?

Would you hide your worldy music, and instead take hadith books out?
Could you let him walk right in, or would you rush about?

And I wonder, if the prophet spent a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing the things you always do?
Would you go right on saying the things you always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from day to day?

Would your family conversation keep up it's usual pace,
And would you find it hard each meal to say a table grace?
Would you keep up every prayer without putting on a frown?
And would you always arise early for prayers at dawn?

Would you sing the songs you always sing and read the books you read?
And let him know the things on which your mind and spirit feed?

Would you take the Prophet with you everywhere you plan to go?
Or, would you maybe change your plans, just for a day or so?
Would you be glad to have him meet your very closest friends?
Or, would you hope they'd stay away until his visit ends?

Would you be glad to have him stay forever on and on...
Or would you sigh with great relief when he at last was gone?
It might be interesting to know, the things that you would do...
If Prophet Muhammad , in person, came to spend some time with you.

by Camilia El-Banhawy Badr