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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 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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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
