Hadith 24744

Chapter 156

باب 156

(156) بَابُ مَنْ مَدَحَ فِي الشِّعْرِ

(156) Chapter: The person who praises in poetry
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ مَدَحْتُ اللَّهَ بِمَحَامِدَ وَمِدَحٍ، وَإِيَّاكَ. فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أُنْشِدُهُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ طُوَالٌ أَصْلَعُ، فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: اسْكُتْ، فَدَخَلَ، فَتَكَلَّمَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَسَكَّتَنِي، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي سَكَّتَّنِي لَهُ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا رَجُلٌ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْبَاطِلَ.


Al-Aswad ibn Suray' said, "I came to the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have praisedAllah and you in poems of praise and eulogies.' He said, 'As far as yourLord is concerned, He must be praised,' and so I began to recite them.Then a tall bald man asked for permission to enter. The Prophet, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, told me, 'Be silent.' The man came in andspoke for a time and then left. Then I recited again. Then the other mancame back and he made be silent again. Then the man left again. That happenedtwo or three times. I asked, 'Who is this man for whom I must be silent?'He replied, 'This is a man who does not like vain things.'"

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 342

In-book reference: Book 16, Hadith 10

English translation: Book 16, Hadith 342