The streets were packed with police officers and the people were peeping out of their windows and doors. When we reached the Qaysun Mosque, we found it empty, even the servants were not present. I realized that the police officers had ordered everyone to leave. I stood in front of the coffin to offer the funeral prayer and tears began to flow from my eyes. The coffin then went to the Imam Shafi Graveyard where we buried him and returned home crying and in a state of sadness. The day passed and the night entered and not a single person came for consolation because the soldiers had prevented people from entering the house. As for those who were able to enter, they did not return to their homes. They were all arrested and put into the prisons except for one person - Mukarram Abid Pasha (a Copt) who used to challenge the tyrants. Thus ended the life of someone about whom an American journalist wrote a few months before, 'Within six months, this man will either be the undisputed leader of the East (i.e Islam) or he will be dead.' Imam Hasan al-Banna, may Allah have mercy on him and grant him paradise, may have been assaniated and martyred, but his legacy continues. S.M. Hasan al-Banna. Imam Shahid Hasan al-Banna: from Birth to Martydom. S. M. Hasan al-Banna studied the Islamic Sciences under his father Shaykh Abdul Qadir. Upon completing his A-Levels, he went to study Arabic at the European Institute of Islamic Studies in France. He later travelled to Egypt and studied Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Alexandria. He has a BA in Arabic and Law (SOAS, University of London) and has also completed his Bar Vocational Course qualifying as a Barrister. He is the Former President of SOAS Islamic Society and is currently President of the Union of Muslim Students (UMS).