صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الشعر
The Book of Poetry
باب فِي إِنْشَادِ الْاشْعَارِ وَبَيَانِ أَشْعَرِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَذَمِّ الشعْرِ
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Hadith 2259
This hadith is listed as number 5895 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْهَادِ ، عَنْ يُحَنِّسَ مَوْلَى مُصْعَبِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : " بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْعَرْجِ ، إِذْ عَرَضَ شَاعِرٌ يُنْشِدُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : خُذُوا الشَّيْطَانَ ، أَوْ أَمْسِكُوا الشَّيْطَانَ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا ، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " .
Abu Sa`id Khudri reported: We were going with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . As we reached the place (known as) Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a man with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry.
