صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الشعرThe Book of Poetry
باب فِي إِنْشَادِ الْاشْعَارِ وَبَيَانِ أَشْعَرِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَذَمِّ الشعْرِChapter: ….
Hadith 2255
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : " رَدِفْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا ، فَقَالَ : هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنْ شِعْرِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ شَيْءٌ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : هِيهْ ، فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ بَيْتًا ، فَقَالَ : هِيهْ ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَدْتُهُ بَيْتًا ، فَقَالَ : هِيهْ ، حَتَّى أَنْشَدْتُهُ مِائَةَ بَيْتٍ " .
'Amr bin Sharid reported his father as saying: One day when I rode behind Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , he said (to me): Do you remember any Poetry of Umayya bin Abu Salt. I said: Yes. He said: Then go on. I recited a couplet, and he said: Go on. Then I again recited a couplet and he said: Go on. I recited one hundred couplets (of his poetry).
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وحَدَّثَنِيهِ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ ، جَمِيعًا ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ أَوْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ الشَّرِيدِ ، قَالَ : أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَلْفَهُ ، فَذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِهِ .
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Sharid through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
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وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطَّائِفِيِّ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : اسْتَنْشَدَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، وَزَادَ قَالَ : إِنْ كَادَ لِيُسْلِمُ ، وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ ، قَالَ : فَلَقَدْ كَادَ يُسْلِمُ فِي شِعْرِهِ .
'Amr bin Sharid reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked him to recite poetrv, the rest of the hadith is the same, out with this addition: "He (that is Umayya bin Abu Sharid was about to become a muslim" and in the hadith transmitted on the authority, of Ibn Mahdi (the words are) "He was almost a Muslim in his poetry."
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
It is permissible to praise good poetry and to request to hear it, even if it is by a non-Muslim poet.
By "good poetry" is meant that it does not contain anything of disbelief (kufr), polytheism (shirk), or sinful and immoral content.
It is permissible to praise good poetry and to request to hear it, even if it is by a non-Muslim poet.
By "good poetry" is meant that it does not contain anything of disbelief (kufr), polytheism (shirk), or sinful and immoral content.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3758
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
If poetry is based on wisdom and does not contain shirk (associating partners with Allah) or indecency, then listening to and reciting such poetry is permissible. However, excessive engagement in poetry, even if it is good, is blameworthy.
If poetry is based on wisdom and does not contain shirk (associating partners with Allah) or indecency, then listening to and reciting such poetry is permissible. However, excessive engagement in poetry, even if it is good, is blameworthy.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 828
