Qoshidah Burdah

Muhammad Abdul Mun'im al-Khafaji in his book al-Adab fi at-Turats as-Sufi told the story behind the compilation of the Burdah which was originally titled al-Kawakib al-Durriyah which means glittering stars. This Kasidah was composed by a poet and also a Sufi from Busir known as Maulana al-Busiri. Died in 696 AH, he lived during the reign of Islamic rule in Egypt, the Ayyubid Dynasty and Mamalik's rule. Sya'ir for al-Busiri is a work of art that cannot be separated from it. His composed poetry has a lot of praise (madh) on the Prophet so that he is nicknamed Madih ar-Rasul.

Kasidah Burdah is the most popular kasidah compared to his other. This Qasidah was compiled when he was suffering from a stroke which caused half of his body to become paralyzed.