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مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq
كتاب الايمانBook of Faith
Composing and listening to good poetry is permissible
Hadith 50
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، نا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَتْهَا الْعَرَبُ قَوْلُ لَبِيدٍ: أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللَّهَ بَاطِلٌ،وَإِنْ كَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ لَيُسْلِمُ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace be upon him) said: "The truest statement that the Arabs have spoken is the statement of Labid (the poet): Listen! Everything except Allah is false (perishable)." Umayyah bin Abi Salt was close to accepting Islam.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
From the aforementioned ahadith, it is understood that composing and listening to good poetry is permissible. Labid was a famous and well-known Arab poet who became Muslim. Umayyah bin Abi Salt was a non-Muslim poet, yet his poetry was liked by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). It is thus understood that if good poetry is recited by a non-Muslim, listening to it is permissible. However, if bad poetry is recited even by a Muslim, listening to it is not permissible. Among the above-mentioned verses of poetry is ((Ala kullu shay’in ma khala Allah batil)), which is the statement of Allah the Exalted:
﴿Kullu man alayha fanin() wa yabqa wajhu rabbika dhu al-jalali wa al-ikram﴾ (Ar-Rahman: 26-27)
"Everyone upon the earth will perish, and there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor."
This is its interpretation.
From the aforementioned ahadith, it is understood that composing and listening to good poetry is permissible. Labid was a famous and well-known Arab poet who became Muslim. Umayyah bin Abi Salt was a non-Muslim poet, yet his poetry was liked by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). It is thus understood that if good poetry is recited by a non-Muslim, listening to it is permissible. However, if bad poetry is recited even by a Muslim, listening to it is not permissible. Among the above-mentioned verses of poetry is ((Ala kullu shay’in ma khala Allah batil)), which is the statement of Allah the Exalted:
﴿Kullu man alayha fanin() wa yabqa wajhu rabbika dhu al-jalali wa al-ikram﴾ (Ar-Rahman: 26-27)
"Everyone upon the earth will perish, and there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor."
This is its interpretation.
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 50
