Imam al-Busiri performed Hajj in 653 AH / 1255 CE, during which time he further developed spiritually. After waking up, he vowed never to praise another aristocrat again. After he fell asleep, Imam al-Busiri saw the Prophet ﷺ in his dream. Perturbed, he returned home asking himself why he had never been blessed with the vision of the Prophet ﷺ. As he set out, he was approached by unknown man who asked him if he had ever seen the Prophet ﷺ. Perhaps the most important of them occurred when he was tasked with praising an aristocrat. Several instances which highlight moments of enlightenment in the Imam’s spiritual journey have been documented. Finally, Imam al-Busiri’s Qasida Burda stands alone as the single most important poem in the world. Shaykh Ibn Ata’illah al-Iskandari’s works, especially his Hikam, became authorities in the science of tasawwuf. Shaykh Izz al-Din became a world-renowned mujtahid, theologian, jurist, and the leading Shafi’i authority of his generation. Shaykh Abu al-Abbas finally turned to Imam al-Busiri and told him that Allah will make his poetry famous around the world.Īll three predictions came to fruition. He then turned to Shaykh Ibn Ata’illah and informed him that Allah would bestow upon him great wisdom. It is said that Shaykh Abu al-Abbas turned to Shaykh Izz al-Din and informed him that he would go onto become the leading scholar of his time.

It is narrated that Imam al-Busiri was once in the company of Shaykh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, Shaykh Ibn Ata’illah al-Iskandari V and Shaykh Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam V. Through his shaykh, Imam al-Busiri developed tremendous love, yearning, and attachment to the Prophet ﷺ, a focal point of the Shadhili Way. Shaykh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi was pivotal in influencing Imam al-Busiri’s character and natural disposition, which is reflected in his poetry. The Imam was extremely fond of his guide. One of Imam al-Busiri’s famous poems in fact eulogises and praises Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili and the successorship of Shaykh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. Shaykh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi was the successor of Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili V, the founder of the Shadhili Way. His spiritual transformation occurred at the hands of Shaykh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi V who became his guide and initiated him into the Shadhili Sufi Order. Among his students were Abu al-Hayyan al-Gharnati V, a famous mufassir and Arabic grammarian, and Imam Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ya’mari V – better known as Imam Fath al-Din ibn Sayyid al-Nas, a leading hadith scholar who is also famous for his biography of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He mastered several Islamic sciences including the Arabic language and grammar, linguistics, literature, Islamic history, Quranic exegesis, theology, logic, debate, and the Prophetic biography. He excelled in his studies and became one the foremost scholars of his generation. Imam al-Busiri memorised the Noble Qur’an in his youth and moved to Cairo in order to pursue Islamic knowledge.

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