Qaseeda Burda

i want to know about qasida burda. its true version in arabic and its translation.

i want to know also its waziifaat as mawlana zakaria wrote its preface with many wazifa by reading qasida burda. 

how can we benefit from qasida burda?

finally plz give some nasseehat for my business. (hallaal one). make doa for Allah use it for his deen. 

kindly clarify me for the isthekharaa done by aamils? are they small kashf? as some sees the evil person and so, and how can an amil treat someone from amil’s home? 

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

1: The Qasida Burda along with its English translation as well as its wazifa and benifits can be found over here: http://www.aidaelayoubi.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Mohammed-al-Busiri-Qasidat-al-Burda.pdf

2: Mufti Ebrahim Desai Sahen has been running a Shariah Compliant Business Campaign for the past few years. The contents of the campaign can be viewed at: http://www.daruliftaa.net/~dar60/

You may also sybscribe to the BEEP (Business Educational Empowerment Campaign) emails.

3: Istikhaarah is made when one requires to make an important decision. The procedure of istikhaarah is:

Firstly, pray two rakaats nafl salaat. After the completion of the two rakaat, make the following dua:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ ارْضِنِي بِهِ[1]

Transliteration: ‘Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi’ilmika, Wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, Wa as’alaka min fadlika al-’azlm Fa-innaka taqdiru Wala aqdiru, Wa ta’lamu Wala a’lamu, Wa anta ‘allamu l-ghuyub. Allahumma, in kunta ta’lam anna hadha-l-amra Khairun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa’aqibati amri (or ‘ajili amri wa’ajilihi) Faqdirhu wa yas-sirhu li thumma barik li Fihi, Wa in kunta ta’lamu anna hadha-lamra shar-run li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa’aqibati amri (or fi’ajili amri wa ajilihi) Fasrifhu anni was-rifni anhu. Waqdir li al-khaira haithu kana Thumma ardini bihi.’

Translation: (O Allah! I ask guidance from Your knowledge, And Power from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings. You are capable and I am not. You know and I do not and You know the unseen. O Allah! If You know that this job is good for my religion and my subsistence and in my Hereafter–(or said: If it is better for my present and later needs)–Then You ordain it for me and make it easy for me to get, And then bless me in it, and if You know that this job is harmful to me In my religion and subsistence and in the Hereafter–(or said: If it is worse for my present and later needs)–Then keep it away from me and let me be away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good for me, And make me satisfied with it).

It is important that during the dua, instead of saying “هَذَا الْأَمْرَ” transliterated as “hathal-amra” (“this matter”) you mention your necessity.

We do not know of the Istikhaarah of Aamils.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Haris Siddiqui

Student Darul Iftaa
Australia 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.