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Most of the objections raised against Qasidah Burdah are regurgitations of what some Salafi scholars have written against it. Contemparary Salafi scholars have just repeated the objections parrot-fashion without even attempting to find a possible realistic interpretation of the verses in question, look at the context of the verses or check the reliable commentaries of Al-Burdah.

Abu Dujanah said:

يا أكرم الخلق ما لي من ألوذ به * * * سواك عند حلول الحادث العمم

He is saying: Who else do I make istighaahah to besides you. (Salafis would deem this a serious problem)

Abu Dujanah, it's important to literally translate first as opposed to decide for the readers what Busairi (RA) is trying to say.

Translation: O Most Noble among the creation, who can I seek refuge in besides you, when the great calamity occurs?

What's the great calamity? The Day of Qiyamah; the word "amami" means all-encompassing and general, which is obviously the Day of Qiyamah, because even the Prophets (alayhimus salaat was salaam) will be worried about themselves and only the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) will respond to the request of mankind to ask Allah to begin the Reckoning.

This is what Baajoori and Ibn Hajar al-Haythami have both said in commentary of this verse.

Secondly, the word "aloodhu" does not mean istighaatha and it is incorrect to deduce this meaning from the word.

Sayyiduna Ali (radhiallahu anhu) said: “When the ferocity of combat would reach its limit and the eyes would turn red, we would seek refuge next to the Messenger of Allah. He would be the closest of us to the enemy.”

The word Ali used here is "naloodhu" being the plural first person form of the same word Busairi is attacked for. So was Sayyiduna Ali (radhiallahu anhu) also doing istighaatha bir rasool in the battlefield, or is that meaning exclusive for Busairi?

If Ali (radhiallahu anhu) can "seek refuge" with Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) on the battlefield, why is Busairi a criminal for expressing that he shall seek refuge with him on the Day of Qiyamah? Moreover, Busairi is not fabricating or imagining any ideas on his own part; he has just visualised the horrific situation of Qiyamah which has been narrated in authentic narrations.

This is just one example of Salafi shortcomings in understanding and being rash in passing judgment, a situation further escalated when Salafis commit the "unforgivable crime of taqlid" of their scholars and accept the criticism of Busairi without researching it themselves.