Boonaa Mohammed - Letter to My Daughter lyrics

To my little baby girl Sakeena

I wanna tell you so many things
See Bubba has lived a long life
And experienced so many things
So I pray that you will
Learn from my mistakes
And benefit from what I've seen
In hopes that you will become much better
Than everything that I have been

Oh my dear child
Know that there is only one God
And that He, Subhanahu Wa Ta'Ala
Is most worthy of all your love
He created everything and has
Knowledge of all things
So never assign for him a partner
And be dutiful to him
And know that when you sin you must
Return to him and remember by holding


On to the rope of your Lord it
Will only lead you into Jannah
A place of every pleasure where you
Shall remain and stay forever
In the company of the best
People scales have ever measured

Oh my dear child
Know that Allah has rights upon you and I
Firstly that you establish your
Salah and never let it go until you die
So pray ever prayer like it's your
Last chance to say goodbye
And never be shy to raise your hands
And call him up on speed dial

Oh my baby girl you are more
Beautiful than you will ever know
And you don't need anyone to tell you that
Because your Lord he made you so
So respect this very gift that Allah
He has bestowed
And don't expose what he enclosed except
To those that he has chose
And know that his hijab that you will wear
Is so much more than just a cloth
It's a reminder to the world that you are
So much more than what they watch a mind
Body and soul not controlled by
Every little media box
Before every friend and trend you only have
To worry about impressing one God

And then after that your mother is
Most worthy of all your love
She carried you for nine months and
Cared for you with gentle love
So treat her with mercy and respect
Even when you think she's wrong
And I promise we will try our very best
To raise you in a loving home
I will tuck you in every night and
Read you stories till you sleep
Share with you the chronicles of
Musa and Bani Isra'il
I'll tell you all about the whale
Who swallowed Nabi Yunus whole
And the ant that spoke to Suleiman
From deep inside the hole
We will learn all about the Sahaba
And memorize every single name
I'll tell you all about Bilal ibn Rab'ah and
Show you that our ancestry is the same
We will fall in love with
The story of our Prophet
(SAW) again and again
And we will always cry every single
Time we get towards the end
I wanna be your best friend
I wanna be the one on whom you depend
I want you to call me form school and tell
Me that you forgot your
Homework at home again

I wanna take you on trips
I want you to see the world
I wanna hold you hand in front of the Kaa'ba
And show you what heaven looks like on earth
I wanna teach you to ride a bike
I wanna teach you to drive a car
I wanna teach you that
Chasing materialistic things
Will never get you very far
Because some people are so poor the
Only thing that have is money
I wanna teach you to
Find contentment in Allah
And I promise that you will always be happy
Because if the presidents, prime ministers
Kings and all the queens knew
The blessings of Islam
Wallahi they would fight us for this deen

I wanna be there for bad dreams
I wanna tell you the truth about Halloween
Why we don't dress up like shayateen
But i'll still buy you more
Candy than you can eat

I wanna teach you that you reap what you sow
And that hard work and struggle will
Only help you to grow

I wanna teach you to never
Back down from a challenge
And that honesty is the only way to ever go
I wanna teach you the Qur'an
I wanna make you love the Qur'an
I want you to memorize, act upon
And see the whole world through the Qur'an
I want you to understand Allah's
Prohibitions and his commands
And to follow the best of
All examples his Messenger
'Alayhi Salatu WaSalaam

And one day I pray that
You will find true love
But not just to any man
But that you will marry a man
Whose first love is Al Islam

So if you want a man like
Muhammad be a woman like Khadijah
The first supporter of this cause
And a mother to Believers
Have the courage of Nusayba
Never back down from what is true
Defend what you believe even when the
Whole world is out for you
Have the knowledge of 'Aisha
Become a scholar of this deen
Cure the people of misconceptions because
Ignorance is a disease

Have the piety of Hafsa
Always keep Allah upon your mind
Fast the days and pray the nights to
Help your Nafs stay in line
Have the honor of BalQees
Make the world treat you with dignity
And when they see you on the streets
Let them know that you're a queen
Have the strength of Sumaiya and
The sabr of Hajar
Be steadfast like Mariam with
Tawakkul like Musa's mother

And when things get tough be
Like the wife of Fir'awn
Attach you heart to Al Jannah
And never let it go

Cause sweetie you are to me
Like Fatima to our Nabi
May Allah bless you with Sakeena
From now until eternity ameen

My baby girl I brought you into a very
Crazy world where the truth can really hurt
And falsehood can shine like pearls
This dunya is a paradise for those
Who have sold their souls
And a prison house for those
Who uphold this moral code baby girl
I promise you that while i'm alive I
Will strive to make you smile
I will go the extra mile for my child
But realize that this world is full of trials
That you will just have to go through
So when you fee like you
Have no one but Allah
Know that Allah is more than enough for you

I always pray for you so please
Pray for me too
Ask Allah to forgive me for my sins
Make my grave filled with noor
But, I promise you in Jannah
We will continue you little game of Peekaboo
Just daddy and his little girl

PS

I love you