(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." (TR)
Reference (TR): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 860 (TR)
In-book reference (TR): Book 36, Hadith 5 (TR)
English translation (TR): Book 36, Hadith 860 (TR)