B for Burdah

Salam wbt

Recently I found myself got stuck on solawat with burdah type. Do u guys have any idea how does it sound? Try this link : Qasidah Burdah

Actually I started paying attention on this type of solawat when I went to Cairo, more specific to Imam Shafie's Mosque and Maqam. I sitted by his maqam for a few minutes and was captured by a calm and peaceful scenery there. And next to his maqam inside the mosque, there were a few old people sitting there reading the Holy Quran and there was an old blind man reciting a very nice melodical solawat that I never knew before. Very unfamiliar to me.

I asked my friend what is it and she explained that is Burdah, a special solawat to praise Rasulullah PBUH in a special intonation created by Imam Busairi in his poem. But the one that recited by the old man was a special poem dedicated to Imam Shafie and it was about knowledges, since he was very popular in his hardworking to gain knowledges everywhere, any time. I recorded it using my camera and when got back to Moscow, I listened to it for more than 10 times.

After 4 days reaching here, I received a CD from my friend in Cairo containing 10 solawat burdahs that are dedicated to different people in different versions. The one that I suggested above is Qasidah Burdah Sharif. Since I have problem to upload the video from youtube to my blog, I just can give the link. May we now become more in love to know the arts of Islam.

Here u are. B for Burdah.