Qasidah Burdah

"Instilling deep love for the Messenger ﷺ in our hearts should be one of our foremost goals. Imam al-Busiri truly understood this, and thus in his later years strove to compose poetry to help reflect upon and comprehend the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ  lofty rank and exalted station, the perfection of his character and traits, and the majesty of his miraculous sirah...

Since its inception, saints and scholars alike have recognised Qasidah Burdah's power to stir hearts and move souls. Gatherings have been held to teach it, commentaries have been written to explain it, and both intellectuals and laymen have recited it and pondered upon it." – Shaykh Abdul Raheem Limbada, in Mercy's Cloak Unfurled