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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الشعرBook of Poetry
بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ الْغَالِبَ عَلَيْهِ الشِّعْرُChapter: Disliking Excessive Poetry
Hadith 870
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ”لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا.“
Narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "For one of you to have his belly filled with pus is better for him than to have his belly filled with poetry."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The meaning of the hadith is that making poetry a profession and spending excessive time on it is impermissible. However, if one has a taste for good poetry alongside acquiring Islamic knowledge, reading the Qur’an and hadith, and does not waste time in it, then it is permissible. In the present era, the practice of reciting praise (hamd and na‘at) to the tune of music and its various instruments is not from the Merciful (Rahmani) but from Satan (Shaytani). Furthermore, in the sight of the Shari‘ah, the appearance and dress of such poets are no less accursed than their poetry and dress. May Allah protect us from it.
The meaning of the hadith is that making poetry a profession and spending excessive time on it is impermissible. However, if one has a taste for good poetry alongside acquiring Islamic knowledge, reading the Qur’an and hadith, and does not waste time in it, then it is permissible. In the present era, the practice of reciting praise (hamd and na‘at) to the tune of music and its various instruments is not from the Merciful (Rahmani) but from Satan (Shaytani). Furthermore, in the sight of the Shari‘ah, the appearance and dress of such poets are no less accursed than their poetry and dress. May Allah protect us from it.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 870
