الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الشعرBook of Poetry
بَابُ الشِّعْرُ حَسَنٌ كَحَسَنِ الْكَلَامِ وَمِنْهُ قَبِيحٌChapter: Poetry Is Good Like Good Speech, and Some Is Bad
Hadith 868
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، أَنَّ الأَسْوَدَ بْنَ سَرِيعٍ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ: كُنْتُ شَاعِرًا فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، امْتَدَحْتُ رَبِّي، فَقَالَ: ”أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ“، وَمَا اسْتَزَادَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Aswad bin Sari’ (may Allah be pleased with him), he states: I was a poet, so I said: O Messenger of Allah! I have expressed the praise and glorification of my Lord (in poetry). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Why not, indeed your Lord loves praise.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not say anything more to me than this.
