(382) بَابُ الشِّعْرُ حَسَنٌ كَحَسَنِ الْكَلامِ وَمِنْهُ قَبِيحٌ
'A'isha said, "Poetry is both good and bad. Take the good and leavethe bad. I have related some of the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik. That includedan ode of forty verses and some less than that." (ES)
Reference (ES): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 866 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 36, Hadith 11 (ES)
English translation (ES): Book 36, Hadith 866 (ES)