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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأدب
Book of Manners
من كره الشعر وأن يعيه (في) جوفه
Those who disliked poetry and retaining it within oneself
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27764 — Those who disliked poetry
٢٧٧٦٤ - حدثنا حفص وأبو معاوية ووكيع عن الأعمش عن أبي صالح عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول اللَّه ﷺ: "لأن يمتلئ جوف الرجل قيحًا (حتى) (١) يريه خير له من أن يمتلئ شعرًا، -إلا أن حفصًا (لم) (٢) يقل (جوف) (٣) (٤).
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That the belly of one of you should be filled with pus until it is corrupted is better than that it should be filled with poetry." When narrating this hadith, Hafs did not mention the word jawf (belly).
