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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: شهادة الشعراء
Chapter: The testimony of poets
Bayhaqi Q21098 — The testimony of poets
اُردوEn
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " الشِّعْرُ كَلَامٌ، حَسَنُهُ كَحَسَنِ الْكَلَامِ، وَقَبِيحُهُ كَقَبِيحِ الْكَلَامِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَلَامٌ بَاقٍ سَائِرٌ، فَذَلِكَ فَضْلُهُ عَلَى الْكَلَامِ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنَ الشُّعَرَاءِ لَا يُعْرَفُ بِنَقْصِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَذَاهُمْ وَالْإِكْثَارِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَلَا بِأَنَ يَمْدَحَ فَيُكْثِرَ الْكَذِبَ، لَمْ تُرَدَّ شَهَادَتُهُ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Poetry is (also) speech: its good part is like good speech and its bad part is like bad speech, except that it is speech which endures and spreads (among people), and that is its distinction (and excellence) over ordinary speech. So whoever among the poets is not known for disparaging the Muslims, harming them and doing so excessively, nor (known) for lying a great deal when he praises someone, his testimony will not be rejected."
