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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الشعرThe Book of Poetry
باب فِي إِنْشَادِ الْاشْعَارِ وَبَيَانِ أَشْعَرِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَذَمِّ الشعْرِChapter: On Reciting, Narrating, and Condemning Poetry
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا يَرِيهِ ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " .
Sa'd reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
From pus, there will only be physical pain, but from (filthy) poetry, a person's Hereafter itself will be ruined.
1:
From pus, there will only be physical pain, but from (filthy) poetry, a person's Hereafter itself will be ruined.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2852
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
What is meant by "filling the belly" is that one becomes so interested in poetry that one's attention remains focused only on it; however, even remembering a few bad verses is not a good thing.
(2)
In this hadith, what is meant by "poetry" is bad poetry.
(1)
What is meant by "filling the belly" is that one becomes so interested in poetry that one's attention remains focused only on it; however, even remembering a few bad verses is not a good thing.
(2)
In this hadith, what is meant by "poetry" is bad poetry.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3760
