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Hadith 3758
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ , عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْلَى , عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ , قَالَ : أَنْشَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِائَةَ قَافِيَةٍ مِنْ شِعْرِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ , يَقُولُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ قَافِيَةٍ : " هِيهْ " , وَقَالَ : " كَادَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ " .
´It was narrated from Amr bin Sharid that his father said:` "I recited one hundered verses of the poetry of Umayyah bin Abu Salt to the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), and after every line he said, "More". And he said: "He nearly accepted Islam."
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
It is permissible to praise good poetry and to request to hear it, even if it is by a non-Muslim poet.
By "good poetry" is meant that it does not contain anything of disbelief (kufr), polytheism (shirk), or sinful and immoral content.
It is permissible to praise good poetry and to request to hear it, even if it is by a non-Muslim poet.
By "good poetry" is meant that it does not contain anything of disbelief (kufr), polytheism (shirk), or sinful and immoral content.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3758
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
(غَدًا مُّؤَجَّلُون)
The purpose of this is that the complete reckoning has not yet begun here; for that, there is respite and delay until the Day of Resurrection.
Or, the "tomorrow" for which respite was granted in the world has now arrived, and Gharqad is the name of a tree that was present in the graveyard of the people of Madinah.
Benefits and Issues:
(غَدًا مُّؤَجَّلُون)
The purpose of this is that the complete reckoning has not yet begun here; for that, there is respite and delay until the Day of Resurrection.
Or, the "tomorrow" for which respite was granted in the world has now arrived, and Gharqad is the name of a tree that was present in the graveyard of the people of Madinah.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2255
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
If poetry is based on wisdom and does not contain shirk (associating partners with Allah) or indecency, then listening to and reciting such poetry is permissible. However, excessive engagement in poetry, even if it is good, is blameworthy.
If poetry is based on wisdom and does not contain shirk (associating partners with Allah) or indecency, then listening to and reciting such poetry is permissible. However, excessive engagement in poetry, even if it is good, is blameworthy.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 828
