With regard to control (of this world and the Hereafter), we will discuss it. Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab said: Some of the comments of the scholars, commenting on and criticising these lines of verse: I have a connection to him because I am called Muhammad as he is, and he is the kindest of creation in taking care of this connection. If he were to perform miracles commensurate with his real status, his name would bring dead people back to life.Ħ. Stay away from the way of the Christians in praising their Prophet, then (after that) praise him in any way you wantĥ. This world and the Hereafter are part of what you control, and part of your knowledge is the knowledge of al-Lawh al-Mahfooz and the PenĤ. If you do not take my hand out of kindness on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in.ģ. O noblest of creation, I have no one but you to turn to except you when major calamity strikes.Ģ. The scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah have studied it and criticised it, pointing out its faults and the ways in which it is contrary to the beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah.Īmong the most prominent verses for which this poem has been criticised are the following:ġ. The poem referred to includes blatant and obvious kufr and heresy.

And Allah knows best whether this story is true or not. It was said that the reason for his composing it was that al-Busayri was afflicted by a chronic disease, and no remedy was of any help he used to send a great deal of blessings (salawaat) upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) until he saw the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in a dream one night, and he covered him with his cloak (burdah), and when al-Busayri woke up, he stood up and there was no trace of sickness in him, so he composed this qaseedah. He was born in 608 AH and died in 696 AH. It was written by al-Busayri, whose full name was Muhammad ibn Sa‘eed ibn Hammaad al-Sunhaaji. The qaseedah or ode al-Burdah is regarded as one of the most famous poems in praise of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), if not the most famous.

Qaseeda burda