Hadith 1583

Chapter 381

باب 381

(381) بَابُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ

(381) Chapter: There is some wisdom in poetry (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا.


Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "It is better for a man to fill his bellywith oozing pus than to fill it with poetry." (ES)

Reference (ES): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 860 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 36, Hadith 5 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 36, Hadith 860 (ES)