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