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صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الأدب
The Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)
بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ الشِّعْرُ حَتَّى يَصُدَّهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَالْعِلْمِ وَالْقُرْآنِ:
Chapter. It is disliked for one to indulge in poetry to the extent that it diverts him from Allah’s remembrance, and from (religious) knowledge and from (recitation of) the Quran.
Sahih Bukhari 6154 — It is disliked for one to indulge in poetry
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " .
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
What is meant is obscene poetry, which is related to illicit love, immorality, or undue praise and blame.
What is meant is obscene poetry, which is related to illicit love, immorality, or undue praise and blame.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6154
