سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الأدب
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الشِّعْرِ
Chapter: What has been narrated about poetry.
Hadith 5013
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ , وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : " مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِحَسَّانَ وَهُوَ يُنْشِدُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَحَظَ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : قَدْ كُنْتُ أُنْشِدُ وَفِيهِ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ " .
Saeed said: Umar passed by Hassan when he was reciting verses in the mosque. He looked at him. Thereupon he said: I used to recite verses when there was present in it the one who was better than you (i. e. the Prophet).
