مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(الشِّعْرُ الْحَسَنُ كَلَامٌ حَسَنٌ، وَالشِّعْرُ السَّيِّئُ كَلَامٌ سَيِّئٌ)
(Good poetry is good speech, bad poetry is bad speech)
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Hadith 4807
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الشِّعْرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هُوَ كَلَامٌ فَحَسَنُهُ حَسَنٌ وَقَبِيحُهُ قَبِيحٌ» . رَوَاهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيّ
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Poetry was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "It is a form of speech; whatever is good from it is good, and whatever is bad from it is bad." Its chain is weak. Narrated by al-Daraqutni.
