Hadith 8201

Chapter 42

باب 42

(42) باب مَا كُرِهَ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ

(42) Chapter: What kind of poetry is undesirable (AR)
104
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ الرَّجُلِ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " . إِلاَّ أَنَّ حَفْصًا لَمْ يَقُلْ يَرِيَهُ .

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:
"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry." (AR)

Reference (AR): Sunan Ibn Majah 3759 (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 33, Hadith 104 (AR)

English translation (AR): Vol. 5, Book 33, Hadith 3759 (AR)