These are three example verses of the poem that are considered dangerously close to Shirk or even Shirk itself:-

• O noblest of creation, I have no one but you to turn to except you when major calamity strikes.

You don't need to be Salafi to see a problem with this verse. Fatiha itself is enough to tell you that a Muslim only asks for help from Allah:

It is only You we worship and only You we ask for help. (1:5)

So, in a calamity, he cannot think of anyone he can turn to except Muhammad (SAW), really? You know what about the One the Prophet (SAW) came to inform us about. The One who is the only one who can help you out of any calamity? Allah?

• If you do not take my hand out of kindness on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in.

Only Allah's mercy saves on the day of judgement, and even the intercession granted to the Prophet (SAW) by Allah is out of his mercy. It is not given through the power of the Prophet (SAW), and it makes no sense to say this statement rather than "If Allah does not have mercy on me on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in," which is actually correct.

• This world and the Hereafter are part of what you control, and part of your knowledge is the knowledge of al-Lawh al-Mahfooz and the Pen

This is a pretty clear problem. Everything is under Allah's control, and I have no idea where he got this statement that the Prophet (SAW) has knowledge of the Pen. That seems to be Allah's knowledge alone.

In conclusion, there are statements in the poem that are leaning towards or are Shirk by raising the status of the Prophet (SAW) higher than it is supposed to be.

In the end, these are not holy writings. This is not the Quran or the Sunnah. It isn't even a poem written at the time of the Prophet (SAW). So, no one needs to defend it as if they are defending their religion. We can take some good parts of it, but we must not hold it to the honour that we hold the Quran at. We should not be reading this instead of the Quran. And regarding people who read this at Mawlids, the Prophet (SAW) would have preferred you to read the Quran instead (you know, the book he actually brought for us to read and recite).

Source: islamqa.info/en/115502

These are three example verses of the poem that are considered dangerously close to Shirk or even Shirk itself:-

• O noblest of creation, I have no one but you to turn to except you when major calamity strikes.

You don't need to be Salafi to see a problem with this verse. Fatiha itself is enough to tell you that a Muslim only asks for help from Allah:

It is only You we worship and only You we ask for help. (1:5)

So, in a calamity, he cannot think of anyone he can turn to except Muhammad (SAW), really? You know what about the One the Prophet (SAW) came to inform us about. The One who is the only one who can help you out of any calamity? Allah?

• If you do not take my hand out of kindness on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in.

Only Allah's mercy saves on the day of judgement, and even the intercession granted to the Prophet (SAW) by Allah is out of his mercy. It is not given through the power of the Prophet (SAW), and it makes no sense to say this statement rather than "If Allah does not have mercy on me on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in," which is actually correct.

• This world and the Hereafter are part of what you control, and part of your knowledge is the knowledge of al-Lawh al-Mahfooz and the Pen

This is a pretty clear problem. Everything is under Allah's control, and I have no idea where he got this statement that the Prophet (SAW) has knowledge of the Pen. That seems to be Allah's knowledge alone.

In conclusion, there are statements in the poem that are leaning towards or are Shirk by raising the status of the Prophet (SAW) higher than it is supposed to be.

In the end, these are not holy writings. This is not the Quran or the Sunnah. It isn't even a poem written at the time of the Prophet (SAW). So, no one needs to defend it as if they are defending their religion. We can take some good parts of it, but we must not hold it to the honour that we hold the Quran. We should not be reading it instead of the Quran. And regarding people who read this at Mawlids, the Prophet (SAW) would have preferred them to read the Quran instead.

Source: islamqa.info/en/115502

These are three example verses of the poem that are considered dangerously close to Shirk or even Shirk itself:-

• O noblest of creation, I have no one but you to turn to except you when major calamity strikes.

You don't need to be Salafi to see a problem with this verse. Fatiha itself is enough to tell you that a Muslim only asks for help from Allah:

It is only You we worship and only You we ask for help. (1:5)

So, in a calamity, he cannot think of anyone he can turn to except Muhammad (SAW), really? You know what about the One the Prophet (SAW) came to inform us about. The One who is the only one who can help you out of any calamity? Allah?

• If you do not take my hand out of kindness on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in.

Only Allah's mercy saves on the day of judgement, and even the intercession granted to the Prophet (SAW) by Allah is out of his mercy. It is not given through the power of the Prophet (SAW), and it makes no sense to say this statement rather than "If Allah does not have mercy on me on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in," which is actually correct.

• This world and the Hereafter are part of what you control, and part of your knowledge is the knowledge of al-Lawh al-Mahfooz and the Pen

This is a pretty clear problem. Everything is under Allah's control, and I have no idea where he got this statement that the Prophet (SAW) has knowledge of the Pen. That seems to be Allah's knowledge alone.

In conclusion, there are statements in the poem that are leaning towards or are Shirk by raising the status of the Prophet (SAW) higher than it is supposed to be.

Source: islamqa.info/en/115502

These are three example verses of the poem that are considered dangerously close to Shirk or even Shirk itself:-

• O noblest of creation, I have no one but you to turn to except you when major calamity strikes.

You don't need to be Salafi to see a problem with this verse. Fatiha itself is enough to tell you that a Muslim only asks for help from Allah:

It is only You we worship and only You we ask for help. (1:5)

So, in a calamity, he cannot think of anyone he can turn to except Muhammad (SAW), really? You know what about the One the Prophet (SAW) came to inform us about. The One who is the only one who can help you out of any calamity? Allah?

• If you do not take my hand out of kindness on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in.

Only Allah's mercy saves on the day of judgement, and even the intercession granted to the Prophet (SAW) by Allah is out of his mercy. It is not given through the power of the Prophet (SAW), and it makes no sense to say this statement rather than "If Allah does not have mercy on me on the Day of Resurrection, then what great trouble I will be in," which is actually correct.

• This world and the Hereafter are part of what you control, and part of your knowledge is the knowledge of al-Lawh al-Mahfooz and the Pen

This is a pretty clear problem. Everything is under Allah's control, and I have no idea where he got this statement that the Prophet (SAW) has knowledge of the Pen. That seems to be Allah's knowledge alone.

In conclusion, there are statements in the poem that are leaning towards or are Shirk by raising the status of the Prophet (SAW) higher than it is supposed to be.

In the end, these are not holy writings. This is not the Quran or the Sunnah. It isn't even a poem written at the time of the Prophet (SAW). So, no one needs to defend it as if they are defending their religion. We can take some good parts of it, but we must not hold it to the honour that we hold the Quran at. We should not be reading this instead of the Quran. And regarding people who read this at Mawlids, the Prophet (SAW) would have preferred you to read the Quran instead (you know, the book he actually brought for us to read and recite).

Source: islamqa.info/en/115502