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.
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle; said, "It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry."
Hadith Referenceصحيح البخاري / كتاب الأدب / 6155
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة