مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(كَلَامُ الشُّعَرَاءِ قَدْ يَكُونُ صَادِقًا)
(The speech of poets can be truthful)
Hadith 4786
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أُصَدِّقُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ: أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللَّهَ بَاطِلُ . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most truthful statement ever uttered by a poet is the saying of Labid: Behold! Everything except Allah is perishable." Agreed upon.
