The Ruling on Reciting the Burdah Poem and the Duty of People Toward This Act

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: This questioner is from Senegal. He says: In my country, every year, at the beginning of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, the Sufis and the Tijaniyyah gather, they recite and repeat the Burdah poem by al-Busiri. What is the ruling on reciting this poem? And what is our duty toward this act?

Answer:
Your duty is to teach them. You teach them the Sunnah and you forbid them from bid'ah (religious innovation). You teach them tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Teach them, for they are ignorant. Teach them, perhaps Allah will guide whom He wills from among them. Teach them and explain it to them. As for the Burdah, it is a poem of shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is not permissible to recite it or to recite it in a poetic style. In it, it says: "O most noble of creation, to whom shall I take refuge other than You?" Meaning, where is Allah? One takes refuge in the Messenger and forgets Allah, Mighty and Majestic. "To whom shall I take refuge other than You when the great event befalls, if You are not among my enemies, taking my hand?" And this is more dangerous. Otherwise, it says: "O slip of the foot," meaning he forgot Allah, Mighty and Majestic. We ask Allah for safety from that. In it, there is exaggeration and excessive praise. Yes.