(381) بَابُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "It is better for a man to fill his bellywith oozing pus than to fill it with poetry." (JA)
Reference (JA): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 860 (JA)
In-book reference (JA): Book 36, Hadith 5 (JA)
English translation (JA): Book 36, Hadith 860 (JA)