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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآداب
The Book of Manners
(ذَمُّ الْأَشْعَارِ الْمَبْنِيَّةِ عَلَى اللَّهْوِ وَاللَّعِبِ)
(Condemnation of poetry based on amusement and play)
Mishkat al-Masabih 4809 — Condemnation of poetry based on amusement
وَعَن أبي سعيدٍ الخدريِّ قَالَ: بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بالعرج إِذْ عَرَضَ شَاعِرٌ يُنْشِدُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خُذُوا الشَّيْطَانَ أَوْ أَمْسِكُوا الشَّيْطَانَ لِأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا» . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: We were traveling with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in (the region of Yemen) 'Arj when a poet appeared before us and began reciting poetry. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Seize this devil," or he said: "Stop this devil (from reciting poetry), for it is better for a man's belly to be filled with pus than to be filled with poetry." Narrated by Muslim.
