(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." (FR)
Reference (FR): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 866 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 36, Hadith 11 (FR)
English translation (FR): Book 36, Hadith 866 (FR)