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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الشعرBook of Poetry
بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِChapter: What Is Disliked of Poetry
Hadith 874
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ”إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ جُرْمًا إِنْسَانٌ شَاعِرٌ يَهْجُو الْقَبِيلَةَ مِنْ أَسْرِهَا، وَرَجُلٌ انْتَفَى مِنْ أَبِيهِ.“
Narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "The greatest sinner and criminal among people is the poet who satirizes an entire tribe, and the other is the one who denies his lineage from his father."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
Such poetry is disliked in which an entire tribe is satirized, because not all the people of a tribe are bad. Satirizing an evil individual is permissible, but condemning an entire tribe is by no means correct. Similarly, attributing oneself to anyone other than one’s own father is a major sin. The custom of adoption that is prevalent in the present age has been abolished by the Shari‘ah. Even if someone raises a child, it is necessary that the child be called by the name of his real father.
Such poetry is disliked in which an entire tribe is satirized, because not all the people of a tribe are bad. Satirizing an evil individual is permissible, but condemning an entire tribe is by no means correct. Similarly, attributing oneself to anyone other than one’s own father is a major sin. The custom of adoption that is prevalent in the present age has been abolished by the Shari‘ah. Even if someone raises a child, it is necessary that the child be called by the name of his real father.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 874
