Imam al-Busiri composed the Burda, a celebrated ode in praise of the Prophet ﷺ, memorized and sung in Sunni communities worldwide. Such poetry is part of mawlid and mawlid-adjacent culture where means stay within lawful remembrance.
His work illustrates how love of the Prophet ﷺ found classical literary expression.
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Permissible ways of honoring the Prophet ﷺ.