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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب العلم
Book of Knowledge
بَابٌ فِي الْقِصَصِ .
Storytelling
Majma al-Zawaid 910 — Storytelling
وَعَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " لَا يَقُصُّ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ ، أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ ، أَوْ مُتَكَلِّفٌ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Only a ruler, or one appointed, or one who affects (what is beyond him) will tell stories."
Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain is hasan (good).
Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain is hasan (good).
