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Ignorance?
By Ahmad Musa Jibril
Bismillah
Introduction
Imam Muslim related from Anas (radia allahu anh) that he said: The Messenger of
Allah (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) said: None of you will truly beliee until I am
more beloed to him than his family! wealth and all the "eo"le#$% &'()
In the same way that loe of the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) is a reason for
attaining the good of this world and the +ereafter! loing him is also a reason for
a,hieing the sweetness of Iman#
But! how do we manifest our loe for him- It is by following the .unnah of the
*ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam)# Allah says: .ay (Muhammad)! if you do loe
Allah! follow me! Allah will loe you (in return) and forgie your sins% (/ur$an 0:01)
To loe the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) is to loe Allah alone! to worshi"
Allah as he worshi""ed Allah# Allah says: There are men who ta2e others besides
Allah as e3ual with +im# They loe them as mu,h as they should loe Allah# But the
belieers hae more loe for Allah#% (/ur$an 4:1'5)
In the "ast few years! there is a "arti,ular "ie,e of Arabi, "oetry that has rea,hed the
Muslims in the west and has been translated into 6nglish# This "oem is ,alled /asidah
Al7Burdah by Muhammad Al7Busairi# It is also 2nown as the most famous if not the
most famous "oem that su""osedly "raises the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam)#
The "oem has been wides"read in Arabi, for nearly eight ,enturies and many s,holars
hae re"lied to it in Arabi,#
Among those re"lies are:
1# Al 8ur AlNadeed for Alshaw2any#
4# In Tasier AlA9ee9 Alhameed is a re"ly by .hei2h .ulieman Bin Muhammad
Bin Abdelwahab#
0# :ateh AlMa;eeed Abdalrahman bin +assan
<# =e"ly to Al Burdah by .hei2h Abdallah Aba Ibteen ((> "age long re"ly)
5# ?hayat AlAmany fe Alrad Ala Alnabhany by Mahmood .hu2ry Al Aloosy
'# =e"ly to Burdah by Abdel Badee@ .a2er
(# =e"ly to Burdah by shei2h Abdel A9ee9 Al Abdel Aateef
B# Ma@loomat Muhimah An Aldeen By Jameel Cino
There would hae been no need to write a re"ly in 6nglish had not misguided "eo"le
translated it! bolstered it! and undertoo2 to "ro"agate it at so7,alled Muslim so,ial
eents# Dhile it has re,ently been translated into 6nglish by those who su""ort this!
through my resear,h! I was unable to find any ,on,lusie or in,on,lusie re"ly to it in
6nglish#
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Therefore! I ta2e it as my duty to defend this A3eedah and as2 Allah that it be for +is
sa2e only! and that the harm of those who will slander me
be among my balan,e on the ;udgment day#
There are lines in the "oem that may mean something good or bad# 6en though!
these lines may be inter"reted with truth or falsehood! the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh
wasalam) taught us to thin2 good first unless there is "roof against a "arti,ular matter#
+en,e I gae the author the benefit of the doubt and did not mention those lines#
Based on this there are two as"e,ts of the "oem that must be remembered# :irst! there
was enough and suffi,ient errors in the other lines# .e,ond! in some translations! the
meaning is not a,,urate# The eE"lanation of how it is wrong and read in Arabi, must
be noted#
Background
1# This "oem is ery "o"ular and wides"read in Arabi,# There are those who
memori9e it and others who ,hant it# There are those who made it their fo,us
of study ,ou"led with su""osed s,holars who waste their time on its
elu,idations# Today! there are oer fifty written elu,idations on this in Arabi,#
4# The name gien to this "oem was /asidah Al7Burdah# The author ,hose this
name as a ,o"y,at from another "oem "raising the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh
wasalam) by a ,om"anion named Fa@b Bin Cuhier# There are no similarities
in the two "oems eE,e"t the name#
It was gien other names su,h as Albara$ah! meaning the ,ure! be,ause it
su""osedly ,ured the author from being "araly9ed after he read it#
It was also gien the name the +ardshi" be,ause it su""osedly eases off
hardshi"s when one reads it#
0# .ome .ufis ,laim that for ea,h line of that "oem is a s"e,ial benefit su,h as
hel"ing you from being "oor or hel"ing you to ,ure diseases#
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Muhammad .aeed Failany re"lied to this and said: .ome were not satisfied
with the fabri,ation they "la,ed on signifi,an,e in reading this "oem rather
they went on to "la,e rules on reading this "oem that were not "la,ed on the
/ur$an# .ome rules for eEam"le are to be "ure u"on reading it! to fa,e the
2iblah! and to hae "re,ise grammar and "ronun,iation u"on its re,itation# To
fully ,om"rehend its meaning! they also had a s"e,ial band that was sent out
to wedding and funerals to ,hant it# They were gien monetary ,om"ensation!
and of ,ourse that is all the fabri,ation of the .ufis who wanted to mono"oli9e
its re,itation#%
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<# As to why he wrote it! Al7Busairi had be,ome "araly9ed at or before he wrote
this "oem# +e ,laims he wrote it! "rayed and ,ried! and re,ited it# After he
"rayed he had a dream that the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) "la,ed
his ,loa2 on him# The neEt day he too2 a wal2 to the lo,al ba9aar where he
was a""roa,hed by some "oor "eo"le# Gne as2ed him! Dhere is the "oem-%
+e answered! Dhat "oem-% The "erson then eE"lained! The one you
,hanted to the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) while you were ill!
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wallahi I hae seen a ision where the *ro"het is ha""y with it and "la,ed a
,loa2 on the one who re,ited it#% The "oor man then re,ited "art of its
beginning! and said that he saw the *ro"het swaying ba,2 and forth to the
tones of the "oem in his ision#
After that! the dream be,ame "o"ular and so did the "oem#
=6*AH:
a) +e sought refuge and ,ure "ossibly in and through the "oem itself
whi,h is shir2 be,ause refuge in other than Allah is shir2# Gr! if it was
the ,ontents that su""osedly ,ured him then that is shir2 as well#
b) +e said he had seen a dream of the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh
wasalam) yet did not des,ribe him# As we 2now the deil does not and
,annot imitate the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) in his original
form# +oweer! the deil ,an ,ome in other forms ,laiming to be the
"ro"het# +ere! Al7Busairi did not des,ribe the *ro"het (sallah allahu
alieh wasalam) een though he had su""osedly seen him in his dream#
,) As to how Allah res"onded to his dua@ and ,ured him from being
"araly9ed! Ibn Taimieh (rahimahu allah) said: The reason Allah
res"onds to those who do dua@ in a haram manner is be,ause they are in
su,h a hardshi" so eEtremely des"erate in ma2ing their dua@ that had
they been ma2ing that dua$ in front of a statue! Allah would res"ond to
them# Be,ause he des"erately turned to Allah een though he is
,ommitting shir2 neEt to a statue! and sometimes een when one see2s
refuge in those dead in grae in similar des"erate hardshi"s Allah
res"onds and then the "erson will be "unished for that shir2 unless
Allah forgies him)#%
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5# The author! Muhammad Bin .aeed Al7Busairi is attributed to the town where
he was born in 6gy"t in '>B A#+# +e deled into .ufism and wor2ed as a
writer een though he was not a formidable writer# +is wor2s show he was not
a 2nowledgeable fa3ih either# In fa,t! he was not een a righteous worshi""er#
The "eo"le of his time hated him be,ause he used his tongue in eil# +e would
always as2 "eo"le for money# +e su""orted the leaders whether they were
righteous or not in order to re,eie finan,ial gain#
+e ;oined the .ufi .hathilieh Taree2ah! and had "oems "raising it and its
manners# Het he had other "oems where he ,om"lained about it be,ause! he
tells us! he was unable to satisfy his wife$s seEual desires# +e died 'I5 after
hi;ra
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Analysis of the Poem
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or had it not !een for him this "orld "ould not have come out of non
e#istence$ %Cha&ter '()*+
1) This is an eEtreme eEaggeration in the des,ri"tion of the *ro"het Muhammad
(sallah allahu alieh wasalam)# De loe the *ro"het Muhammad (sallah
allahu alieh wasalam) but this loe has a limit we ,annot go beyond or below#
:or eEam"le! be,ause of our loe of the *ro"het we ,annot say he is the son of
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Allah! as the Jhristians went into an eEtreme in loing their "ro"het# If we did
this! we would be ;ust li2e the Jhristians#
In this line Al7Busairi said the unierse was not ,reated eE,e"t for the "ur"ose
of the *ro"het Muhammad (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) #
Allah said And I hae not ,reated human and ;inn but to worshi" me#%
(Althariyat:5')
And een the *ro"het was ,reated to worshi" as Allah said! And worshi"
your Aord until there ,omes unto you the ,ertainty (i#e# death)#% (Al+i;er II)
The .ufis may ,ome ba,2 with a su""osed hadith where it was said! K+ad it
not been for you the unierse would not hae been ,reated#K The "roblem with
this
hadith is it is fabri,ated and ,annot be gien as "roof#
! "#$% ! "#
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If his miracles "ere &ro&ortionate %according+ to his rank- in greatness-
Then his name "ould have- "hen called out !rought decaying !ones !ack to life
%Cha&ter '('5-'6+
<) Those who eE"lained this "oem said that this line means that had the mira,les
been gien to him by Allah rea,hed the leel of his honor! then among those
mira,les would be that Allah would re,onstru,t from bones and dust a human
sim"ly due to the blessing and sa,redness of ,alling of his name#
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In an indire,t way this ob;e,ts to the mira,les Allah has ,hosen for his
messenger#
Imam Mahmood .hu2ry Al Aloosy said in re"ly to this line! This is
eEtremism in "raise of the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) ! as how ,an
one say the /ur$an does not suit the honor of the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh
wasalam)! or that it is lower than his honor# Also the name of Allah is
mentioned yet as sa,red as Allah$s name is! the bones and dust do not
resurre,t to +is name#
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3o &erfume e7uals the dust %earth+ "hich is touching his %.asulullah /allallahu
Alayhi 0asallam8s mu!arak+ !ody$
9lad tidings !e to the &erson "ho smells it %the dust+ and kisses it$ %Cha&ter '(6)-
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5) Al7Busairi made the dirt where the *ro"het (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) is
buried better than the smell of best of mus2# Then he said (Tuba) "raise or
("raise of ;annah) for the one who inhales it or 2isses it#
That is eEtremism! and no doubt! an innoation that leads to ,lear shir2#
Ibn Taimieh (=ahimahu allah) said! The imams agreed that the grae of the
*ro"het should not be tou,hed or 2issed! and that is to guard tawheed#%
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