salam alaykum
it was good i liked it...although you could change the nasheed (mawla) as it is taken from a sufi peom which contains shirk! the peom written hundred years ago was titled burdah...heres the history on it
Qaṣīda al-Burda (Arabic: قصيدة البردة, "Poem of the Mantle") is an ode of praise for the Islamic prophet Muhammad composed by the eminent Sufi Imām Ṣālih Sharaf ad-Dīn Abū `Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Būṣīrī (1212-1296) of Egypt. The poem, whose actual title is al-Kawākib ad-Durrīya fī Madḥ Khayr al-Barīya ("Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation"), is famous throughout the Muslim world.
According to legend, al-Būṣīrī was noted for his panegyrics of kings and rulers. He continued this vocation until contracting paralysis of almost half his body, so that his physicians lost hope for his recovery. Abandoning his faith in material means, al-Busiri turned to religion to seek a cure. He decided to compose verse in praise of the Prophet, whom Muslims consider the dearest of all to God. On a Thursday night, determined and focussed, he retreated into isolation and began his composition. After its completion, he supplicated God for better health. Upon falling asleep, he dreamt of a visit from the Prophet, who commanded him to recite the poem he had written. Al-Būṣīrī complained that his paralysis had impedimented his speech, to which the Prophet responded by passing his hand over the affected areas. Miraculously, the shaykh was freed from his disease. He began his recitation, during which the Prophet rocked from side to side in appreciation. At the recital's cessation, the Prophet gifted al-Būṣīrī his scarf (burda). When the poet awoke, he found himself enshrouded in the same.
The next day, when al-Būṣīrī arrived at the bazaar for work, a dervish greeted him and asked that he recite a certain ode. Having had written many verses, al-Būṣīrī questioned to which poem his accoster referred. The latter specified the poem that opened, "Is it because of your remembrance of the neighbours of Dhī Salam?"(Arabic: أمن تذكر جيران بذي سلم) (i.e., Qaṣīda al-Burda). Not having disclosed the contents of that ode to anyone, the astonished poet demanded of the dervish whence he had come to know of it. The dervish swore by God that he had heard al-Būṣīrī recite the poem to the Prophet at night, whereupon the latter attended to the poet and God cured him of his ailment. Impressed, the shaykh conferred his copy of the poem upon his companion, and soon after its fame spread.
However, that doesn't change the fact that there is blatant shirk in all three categories of tahweed in that poem: shrik in ruboobiyyah, uloohiyyah and asma wa sifaat.
Therefore, the poem should not and cannot be read except to correct these exceses.
As for the alleged story of how the poem was written, the Prophet (saw) would not appear to anyone and praise him had he written soemthing of shirk. It is only the mystics who base their religion on dreams and fairy-tales; as for the true Muslm, he has the Quran and authentic Sunnah as his only true guides.
BTW, just so no one things I haven't read the poem or am passing judgments w/o any knoweldge:
An example of shirk in ruboobiyyah is the stanza:
"And of your generosity is the (creation) of the Wolrd and its co-wife (meaning the Hereafter)..." Here it is as if the World and the Hereafter was created from the generosity of the Prophet (SAW).
An example of Shirk in Asma wa sifaat:
"And part of your knowledge is the knowlege of the Tablet and the Pen..." So PART of the knowledge of the Prophet (SAW) is the knoewledge that is encompassed in the LAwh al-Mahufdh - the tablet that has EVERYTHING written on it!! and that is only 'part' of his knowledge!! Compare this mystic poem with the authentic hadeeth in Bukhari where a young girl said "And we have a prophet who knows what will happen tommorrow.' to which the Prophet (SAW) said, "Leave this (bit), and say the rest of it."
Example of shirk in uloohiyyah:
" And who else there, besides you, who I can call out, at times of distress and problems?" Umm... how about our Creator, the only one the Prophet (SAW) HIMSELF would turn to at times of distress??
The poem is a prime example of over-praising the Prophet (SAW) and putting him ina place where even he himself would not like. We will discuss it more in Aqeedah 101 insha Allah.
wasalam
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