Chapter of The Book of Poetry

Hadith 2255 Part A

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`Amr b. Sharid reported his father as saying

One day when I rode behind Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , he said (to me) : Do you remember any poetry of Umayya b. Abu Salt. I said : Yes. He said : Then go on. I recited a couplet , and he said : Go on. Then I again recited a couplet and he said : Go on. I recited one hundred couplets (of his poetry).

Hadith 2255 Part B

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This hadith has been reported on the authority of Sharid through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

Hadith 2255 Part C

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`Amr b. Sharid reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked him to recite poetry, the rest of the hadith is the same, but with this addition

"He (that is Umayya b. Abu Salt) was about to become a Muslim", and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi (the words are) "He was almost a Muslim in his poetry."

Hadith 2256 Part A

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain."

Hadith 2256 Part B

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

The truest word uttered by a poet is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and Umayya b. Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.

Hadith 2256 Part C

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

The truest verse recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.

Hadith 2256 Part D

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

The truest couplet recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and he made no addition to it.

Hadith 2256 Part E

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Abu Huraira reported

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The truest word which the poet stated is the word of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain."

Hadith 2257 Part A

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

It is better for a man's belly to be stuffed with pus which corrodes it than to stuff (one's mind) with frivolous poetry. Abu Bakr has reported it with a slight variation of wording.

Hadith 2258 Part A

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Sa`d reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.

Hadith 2259 Part A

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Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri reported

We were going with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a man with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry.