السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : ما جاء في إعطاء الشعراء
Reports on giving to poets
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، أَنَّ شَاعِرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا بِلَالُ، اقْطَعْ عَنِّي لِسَانَهُ "، فَأَعْطَاهُ أَرْبَعِينَ دِرْهَمًا وَحُلَّةً، قَالَ: قُطِعَتْ وَاللهِ لِسَانِي، قُطِعَتْ وَاللهِ لِسَانِي. هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ، وَرُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، وَمَوْصُولًا بِذِكْرِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَلَيْسَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ.
Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a poet came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him): "Silence his tongue from me." So he gave him 40 dirhams and a garment (hullah). The poet said: By Allah, my tongue has been silenced! By Allah, my tongue has been silenced!
This is munqati' (its chain is broken). It was also narrated through Muhammad bin Muslim from Umar, and with a connected chain mentioning Ibn Abbas, but that is not mahfuz (preserved).
This is munqati' (its chain is broken). It was also narrated through Muhammad bin Muslim from Umar, and with a connected chain mentioning Ibn Abbas, but that is not mahfuz (preserved).
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ هُوَ الْأَصَمُّ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ الطَّائِفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ نُجَيْدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ أَعْطَى شَاعِرًا، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ، أَتُعْطِي شَاعِرًا؟ قَالَ: " إِنِّي أَفْتَدِي عِرْضِي مِنْهُ ".
Nujayd bin Imran bin Husayn (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), that he gave a gift to a poet. It was said to him: O Abu Nujayd! Do you give gifts to poets? He said: I am only paying a ransom for my honour.
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، ثنا ابْنُ بَكَّارٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْهِلَالِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَا أَنْفَقَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَا وَقَى بِهِ الرَّجُلُ عِرْضَهُ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمَا أَنْفَقَ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ فَعَلَى اللهِ خَلَفُهَا، إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي بُنْيَانٍ أَوْ مَعْصِيَةٍ " قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ: مَا يَقِي بِهِ عِرْضَهُ؟ قَالَ: يُعْطِي الشَّاعِرَ وَذَا اللِّسَانِ..
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every good deed is charity. Whatever a person spends on himself and on his family is written for him as charity, and whatever he protects his honour with is also charity. And whatever he spends, Allah Almighty gives him a better replacement for it, except what is used on buildings and on acts of disobedience." The narrator said that Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: What is meant by protecting one's honour? He said: "Giving to poets and to people with sharp tongues."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، ثنا مِسْوَرُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ مَرْفُوعًا، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: فَقُلْنَا لِجَابِرٍ: مَا أَرَادَ: " مَا وَقَى بِهِ الْمَرْءُ عِرْضَهُ "؟ قَالَ: يَعْنِي الشَّاعِرَ وَذَا اللِّسَانِ الْمُتَّقَى، كَأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ: الَّذِي يُتَّقَى لِسَانُهُ وَرَوَاهُ غَيْرُ مِسْوَرٍ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ الْهِلَالِيِّ، وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يُعْرَفُ بِهِمَا، وَلَيْسَا بِالْقَوِيَّيْنِ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates the same from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) as a marfu' report. Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We said to Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): What is meant by a man protecting his honour? He said: Giving to the poet and to people with sharp tongues; as though he were saying: so that their tongues are held back.
This hadith is known only through these two (al-Hilali and Miswar), and neither of them is strong.
This hadith is known only through these two (al-Hilali and Miswar), and neither of them is strong.
