Born in Washington DC and raised in Maryland, Raef has shared his music with faith-based communities across the world. In the early 2000s, he sang tenor in a college a cappella group and played his acoustic guitar at local coffee shops. Raef was introduced to the national stage after his trio rock-band "Great Seneca" toured the United States as part of the "Voices for Change" initiative. Shortly afterwards, Raef joined the "Poetic Vision Tour" - a band of traveling musicians and poets dedicated to inspiring a spiritual and cultural renewal. More recently, Raef started working with Awakening Records and in 2014 released his debut album "The Path" , a collection of songs that reflects his identity as an American Muslim and his journey throughout the years. <br />-------------- <br />IT'S JUMUAH - LYRICS <br /> <br />5AM Waking up for Fajr <br />Got to make Wudu, got to pray my Sunnah <br />Got to make Ghusl, got to clip my nails <br />Looking outside, the sun is rising up in the sky <br />Everybody's rushing <br />Got to get down to the masjid <br />Got to say "Salam!" to the Imam <br /> <br />Sitting in the first Saff (row), chilling in the back Saff (row) <br />Got to make my mind up... Do what the prophet did! <br /> <br />It's Jumuah! Jumuah! <br />Got to make dhikr on Jumuah, <br />Everybody's looking forward to His mercy, mercy <br />Jumuah! Jumuah! <br />Got to make dhikr on Jumuah, <br />Everybody's looking forward to the Ajr <br />Miswaking!, Miswaking! <br />Miswaking!, Miswaking! <br />Pray, Pray , Pray, Pray <br />Got to read Surat Al-Kahf <br /> <br />12:45 the Imam's on the minbar, talking about something like "Fiqh Az-Zakat" <br />They're whispering, chatting from the crowd, don't they know that it's haram <br />I stand up, you stand up, prayer's about to start "Qad, Qaamat es-Salaah" <br />Foot to foot! shoulder to shoulder! Just don't step on me! <br /> <br />Sitting in the first Saff (row), chilling in the back Saff (row) <br />Got to make my mind up... Do what the prophet did! <br /> <br />It's Jumuah! Jumuah! <br />Got to make dhikr on Jumuah, <br />Everybody's looking forward to his mercy, mercy <br />Jumuah! Jumuah! <br />Got to make dhikr on Jumuah, <br />Everybody's looking forward to the Ajr <br />Miswaking!, Miswaking! <br />Miswaking!, Miswaking! <br />Pray , Pray, Pray , Pray <br />Got to read Surat Al-Kahf <br /> <br />It's Jumuah Jumuah <br />Got to make dhikr on Jumuah, <br />Everybody's looking forward to His mercy, mercy <br />Jumuah! Jumuah! <br />Got to make dhikr on Jumuah, <br />Everybody's looking forward to His mercy <br /> <br />Parody of Rebecca Black's "Friday" <br />Cover Lyrics : Faisal Siddiqi
