Hadith 1706

Chapter 381

باب 381

(381) بَابُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ

(381) Chapter: There is some wisdom in poetry
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، سَمِعَ مُطَرِّفًا قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، فَقَلَّ مَنْزِلٌ يَنْزِلُهُ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُنْشِدُنِي شِعْرًا، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْمَعَارِيضِ لَمَنْدُوحَةٌ عَنِ الْكَذِبِ.


Mutarrif said, "I accompanied 'Imran ibn Husayn from Kufa to Basra.Very rarely did he arrive at my house without reciting some poetry to me.He said, 'Indirect speech accords great scope in avoiding lies.'"

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 857

In-book reference: Book 36, Hadith 2

English translation: Book 36, Hadith 857