Maulid Ad-Diba'i: A Devotional Eulogy in Praise and Celebration of Prophet Muhammadﷺ

As-Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Al-Dayba'
Ali Hussain, Muhammad Salleh Abdul Aziz (translation)
Arabic, English translation, and transliteration
Paperback, 112 pages
761742035292

The Maulid ad-Dibai is among the most beloved devotional texts in the Muslim world - a classical Arabic eulogy composed in the 15th century by the great Yemeni scholar Imam Abd al-Rahman al-Dayba' (866-944 AH / 1461-1537 CE), and recited for more than five centuries in homes, mosques, and communal gatherings from the Arabian Peninsula to the heart of Southeast Asia.

This edition brings together the original Arabic text with a revised English translation, offering readers a gateway into one of Islam's most enduring expressions of love for the Prophetﷺ. Alongside the various chapters of the Maulid ad-Dibai, this edition includes a treasury of beloved Qasaid wal-Madaih al-Nabawiyyah - Odes and Praises of the Prophetﷺ — including Tala'al Badru 'Alayna, Ya Nabi Salam "Alayka, selections from Imam al-Busiri's Burdah, and many more.

Open this book with your family and community - for the scholars of our tradition teach that gatherings of Maulid recitation are among the most blessed of assemblies, in which mercy descends and the hearts of all present are illumined by love for the Prophetﷺ.

Every generation that raises its voice in his praise adds another link to an unbroken chain of love.

Our scholars remind us that the shortest path to appreciating and truly feeling love for the Prophetﷺ is through abundant salawat - and the maulid is, at its heart, one long sustained act of salawat, offered in community across generations, in the language of love.