This poem was written by the famous spiritual sage, Shaykh Muhammad Ibn al-Habib of the Darqawi spiritual path. As with many of these types of spiritual poems, it carries deep love for the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his attachment to the Rawda, his blessed resting place, which still carries the beautiful fragrance of the prophetic presence. This poem is in the form of a prayer, where Shaykh Ibn al-Habib sends peace on the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, naming everything that he loves about him.

He begins by sending peace in the grave of the Prophet ﷺ, and then the Rawda. He describes his heartfelt connection to the Rawda and the many virtues that his Beloved ﷺ has been adorned with, such as being called to Allah’s presence in the night of the Ascension, and having a lizard testify to the truth of his prophethood. Indeed, it is said that the name "Muhammad", as the sign of God's Beloved ﷺ, is written on the hearts of all creation.

His Beloved ﷺ is also the one to whom Allah has granted such splendid beauty, and special virtue, majesty, and beauty. He mentioned the great news to being able to visit the Rawda, and asks people who are going to convey his greetings. Unfortunately, he says that he is not able to visit himself, but the image of the Rawda stays in his mind, the most beautiful image he has ever seen.

While such poems may appear to be purely sentimental to most people, especially to non-Muslims, they are far more than that. If love is the essence of the spirit, and spirituality is about accessing the spirit, then the entire purpose of spirituality is about love. It is about becoming Beloved to God, which in Islamic metaphysics, is about resembling the Beloved of God through the form of the sunnah or way of the Prophet ﷺ. Metaphysically, it is about touching the gnostic light of the Divine Flame that burns in the ecstatic love of God for His Beloved ﷺ. When a seeker touches that flame, then they too become alighted and adorned in that light.

The Qur'an and the ahadith are clear on this, that love for the Prophet ﷺ, and love for his family, is to enter and traverse the spiritual path. And the person who has entered upon this path becomes connected to all of the souls that are on it also, including the souls of all of the previous Prophets and Messengers sent to all nations.

The shuyookh mention three loves. The love for Allah, the love for the beloved of Allah ﷺ, and the love for the beloveds of the beloved of Allah ﷺ. These are all interconnected, as that is the nature of love, with ghayrah being its manifestation. For whoever loves a beloved of Allah, Allah's love for them becomes obligatory, for there is none more generous and with greater ghayrah than Allah. A person without ghayrah over the Ahl al-Bayt is still yet far from the Prophet ﷺ, and still yet further from Allah. It cannot be otherwise, and so this love is entrance to the spiritual path, and its cultivation is to attain to the gnostic flame of Divine Love, that burning power that underpins the generous and chivalrous spirit of futuwwah. Imam Ali ع is the gate of the city of knowledge, and the fountainhead of futuwwa, and connection to the Ahl al-Bayt are the keys to that door. This knowledge is especially important in this holy month of Muharram, the month of Allah, the month of victory, and the month in which the sacrifice of the Ahl al-Bayt occurred.

This was demonstrated on the day of Karbala, where the difference between those who sided with the Ahl al-Bayt and those who fought against them was love for Prophet ﷺ.

Auteur(s) : Muhammad ibn al-Habib

Catégorie(s) : Art Spiritualité

Type : Poésie

Tag(s) : adoration amour bénédiction lieu paix prière Rawdah repos tombe

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