Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibnal-Khattab set aside an area near the mosque called al-Butayha andsaid, "Whoever wishes to talk nonsense or recite poetry or raise hisvoice should go to that area."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 9, Hadith 96
Arabic reference: Book 9, Hadith 428