Those who disliked poetry and retaining it within oneself

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).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the valley of al-Arj when a poet began to present his verses. At this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seize this devil," or he said: "Restrain this devil. For that the belly of one of you should be filled with pus is better than that it should be filled with poetry."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That a man's belly should be filled with pus is better than that it should be filled with poetry."

Abu al-Za'ra said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That a man's belly should be filled with pus is better than that it should be filled with poetry."

Ibrahim said that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That a man's belly should be filled with pus is better than that it should be filled with poetry."

Abu Salih said that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That a man's belly should be filled with pus is better than that it should be filled with poetry."

Sayyiduna Amr bin Hurayth (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That a man's belly should be filled with pus is better than that it should be filled with poetry."

Abu al-Duha said that Masruq once recited one line of a couplet and fell silent without reciting the second line, and he said: "I dislike that even a single line of poetry should be written in my record of deeds."

Abu Nawfal bin Abi Aqrab said that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked: "Was poetry recited in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" She replied: "To him (peace and blessings be upon him), the most hateful of things was composing poetry."

Al-Awwam said that Ibrahim said: "They used to dislike poetry that resembled the Holy Qur'an."

Sayyiduna Sa'd (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."