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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : ما يكره أن يكون الغالب على الإنسان الشعر حتى يصده عن ذكر الله والعلم والقرآن
Chapter: The dislike of poetry dominating a person until it keeps him from the remembrance of Allah, knowledge and the Quran
Bayhaqi 21146 — The dislike of poetry dominating a person
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ الْأَصْمَعِيُّ: قَوْلُهُ: " حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ هُوَ مِنَ الْوَرْيِ، وَهُوِ أَنْ يَدْوَى جَوْفُهُ، قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ: وَسَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ هَارُونَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الشَّرْقِيِّ بْنِ الْقَطَّامِيِّ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " يَعْنِي: مِنَ الشِّعْرِ الَّذِي هُجِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ⦗٤١٤⦘ قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ: " وَالَّذِي عِنْدِي فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ غَيْرُ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ، لِأَنَّ الَّذِي هُجِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ كَانَ شَطْرَ بَيْتٍ لَكَانَ كُفْرًا، وَلَكِنَّ وَجْهَهُ عِنْدِي أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ قَلْبُهُ حَتَّى يَغْلِبَ عَلَيْهِ، فَيَشْغَلَهُ عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَعَنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ، فَيَكُونَ الْغَالِبَ عَلَيْهِ، مِنْ أِيِّ الشِّعْرِ كَانَ ".
It is reported from al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That the belly of one of you be filled with pus until it corrupts it is better for him than that it be filled with poetry," meaning such poetry in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is satirised.
Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: My understanding of this hadith is other than this, because if even half a verse were one in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is satirised, that would be disbelief. Rather, in my view it means that poetry overpowers a person's heart so that because of it he stays away from the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur'an, whatever kind of poetry it may be.
Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: My understanding of this hadith is other than this, because if even half a verse were one in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is satirised, that would be disbelief. Rather, in my view it means that poetry overpowers a person's heart so that because of it he stays away from the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur'an, whatever kind of poetry it may be.
