Hafez Ibrahim (Arabic: حافظ إبراهيم, Ḥafeẓ Ibrāheem) (1871-1932) was known as the Poet of the Nile, and sometimes the Poet of the People, as his writings were widely revered by ordinary Egyptians. His poetry was often about subjects with which the majority of Egyptians were familiar, such as poverty and the politics of foreign occupation. He was one of several Egyptian poets that revived Arabic poetry during the latter half of the 19th century. While still using the classical Arabic system of meter and rhyme, these poets wrote to express new ideas and feelings unknown to the classical poets. Hafez is noted for writing poems on political and social commentary. ( Ref : wikipedia)
Muhammad Hafiz Ibrahim, , has a Diwan[1]
to his credit, which is published in ten volumes. In his Qasida, famous
as ‘Qasida Umariya’ he has considered it to be a matter of pride for Umar to come
to Ali’s house and say: If you don’t come out and give allegiance to Abu Bakr,
I will burn down the house even if the daughter of the Prophet is inside it.
It is noteworthy that he recited this Qasida on important
occasions and the audience not only did not find fault in him, on the contrary,
they encouraged him and gifted him medals of pride.
In this Qasida, he says:
And the words spoken by Umar to Ali (a) were: Strange
was the respected hearer and what an important speaker?! Umar said to Ali (a): If
you don’t give allegiance your house will be burnt down and I will not leave
anyone alive in it; even if the daughter of the Prophet is there in it. Except
for Abu Hafas (Umar) no one could dare to make this statement before the stalwart
of Adnan and his defender.[2]
