[Poem] They killed harmless aid worker Hauwa Liman, Allah knows best

Bismil Laah, Al hamdu lil Laah; 

In the name of Allah, all thanks and praise is due to Allah.

Men, masquerading as Muslims, but with stone-dead hearts
Took her hostage, held her for months and threatened ‘darts’

No amount of pleas from home and abroad will have them spare
Spare the life of the life saver who they held with her innocent stare

Hauwa Liman was just another aid worker with ICRC, the Red Cross
She paid the ultimate price and the world united in mourning her loss

At 24, she may have had a life to live but it all ended in the worst
We seek divine wellbeing for the family, admitting Allah knows best

Her killers, Islamic State of West Africa, affiliates of Boko Haram
Had explicitly committed of the religiously forbidden – i.e. Haram

Yaa Allah, the recompense of one who kills a fellow Muslim is Quranic

Yet, these masquerades indulged in what is at best moronic demonic

We seek YOUR patience and forbearance for the family, Yaa Allah
We seek full retribution unto the rogue killers of Hauwa, Yaa Allah

Insurgency with its deaths, displacements and abductions, a furnace
Strengthen O Allah, all persons involved in combating what is a menace

For Hauwa and others snatched by the madness of these insurgents
We pray you grant then Jannah and steel others to be more resurgent

As Hauwa appears in most photos shared on social media, veiled
May the communities and people she served till death, not wail

In’naa lil Laah, wa in’naa ilayhi raajioon,
We are from Allah, and unto HIM our return.

Safar 8, 1440 = October 17, 2018

Hauwa (L), Saifura killed earlier this year.

Small advice: I'm strictly against using photos of deceased persons on social media. I feel it violates a certain amount of the family's privacy at a very difficult time. It's a personal conviction that I hope others will reason up with me on.

Was salaam!