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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأدب
Book of Manners
من كره القصص وضرب فيه
Those who disliked storytelling and beat people for it
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27880 — Those who disliked storytelling
٢٧٨٨٠ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا شريك عن ابن عون عن ابن سيرين قال: بلغ عمر أن رجلًا يقص بالبصرة فكتب إليه: ﴿الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ (١) إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (٢) نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ﴾ (١) إلى آخر الآية، قال: فعرف الرجل فتركه (٢).
Ibn Sirin said that news reached Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man in Basrah was giving admonition through storytelling. So he wrote to him: Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book. We have sent down the Qur'an in Arabic so that you may understand. We narrate to you the best of stories. The narrator said that the man understood and gave up storytelling.
