الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الشعرBook of Poetry
بَابُ مَنِ اسْتَنْشَدَ الشِّعْرَ
Chapter: One Who Recites Poetry
Hadith 869
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْلَى قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ الشَّرِيدِ، عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ قَالَ: اسْتَنْشَدَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شِعْرَ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ، وَأَنْشَدْتُهُ، فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ”هِيهِ، هِيهِ“ حَتَّى أَنْشَدْتُهُ مِئَةَ قَافِيَةٍ، فَقَالَ: ”إِنْ كَادَ لَيُسْلِمُ.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Shuraid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me to recite the poetry of Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt, and I recited poetry to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "Recite more, recite more." Until I had recited one hundred verses, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He was close to becoming a Muslim."
