This resulted in the poem being named Qasida Burdah (The Poem of the Scarf). When he awoke he found a scarf or shawl on his body which he had seen the Beloved Messenger place on his paralyzed limbs in his dream. Through the barakah and blessing of the Beloved Messenger, Allah granted him complete cure from his paralysis.
He told the Beloved Messenger of his illness whereupon the Beloved Messenger passed his blessed hand over Imam Busayri's body. He had a vision of the Beloved Messenger.
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He isolated himself in a quiet place one Thursday night and with complete devotion, concentration and sincerity began reciting this poem. He sought to use this as his sole means of asking Allah to cure him from his illness (waseela). Eventually in this state of complete helplessness and despair, he composed this poem expressing the grandeur and excellence of the Beloved Messenger. His doctors and physicians gave up all hope of his recovery. The writer, Imam Saalih Sharafuddeen Abu Abdullah Mohammad ibn Hasan al-Busayri, had become paralysed.
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The Qasida Burdah is in 10 parts and has 160 verses all of which end with the Arabic letter meem, in the style of meemiya poetry. Since then, the beautiful verses of Qasida Burdah have been memorized, treasured and recited throughout the globe, and have been inscribed upon the walls of the greatest Masjids including the Beloved Messenger’s Masjid in Madinah.Īlmost 100 commentaries have been written on this Qasida, and it has been translated into a vast number of languages including Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Berber, Punjabi, French, and German, to name but a few. When the Imam awoke, he found the blessed cloak on him and his paralysis was cured. Then the Beloved Messenger placed his blessed scarf/cloak over the Imam. Qasida Burdah (also known as Mawla Ya Salli), or the Poem of the Scarf, was written by Imam Sharafuddin Busayri whilst he was suffering from paralysis.Īfter the Imam had composed it, the Beloved Messenger of Allah graced his dream and asked him to recite Qasida Burdah to him.