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Bayhaqi 9185 — Neither of them is restricted from saying poetry

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثنا فُلَيْحٌ، عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، عَنْ خَوَّاتِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: فَسِرْنَا فِي رَكِبٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: ⦗١١١⦘ غَنِّنَا يَا خَوَّاتُ، فَغَنَّاهُمْ فَقَالُوا: غَنِّنَا مِنْ شِعْرِ ضِرَارٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: دَعُوا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ يَتَغَنَّى مِنْ بُنَيَّاتِ فُؤَادِهِ يَعْنِي مِنْ شِعْرِهِ، قَالَ: فَمَا زِلْتُ أُغَنِّيهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ السَّحَرُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: ارْفَعْ لِسَانَكَ يَا خَوَّاتُ، فَقَدْ أَسْحَرْنَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: هَلُمَّ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَرْجُو أَلَّا يَكُونَ شَرًّا مِنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: فَتَنَحَّيْتُ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ فَمَا زِلْنَا كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى صَلَّيْنَا الْفَجْرَ.
Sayyiduna Khawwat bin Jubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We set out with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) to perform Hajj, and we travelled in a caravan in which were Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with them both). The people said: O Khawwat! Sing something for us. So he sang for them, and they said: Sing to us from the poetry of Dirar. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Leave Abu Abdullah to sing from the offspring of his own heart, meaning his own poetry. So I kept singing to them until, when the pre-dawn time came, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Hold back your tongue, O Khawwat, for we have reached the pre-dawn time. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Come over to a man who, I hope, is no worse than Umar. He says: So Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) and I moved aside, and we continued like that until we prayed Fajr.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحج / 9185
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