´Narrated Abu Hurairah:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "It is better that one of you fill his insides with puss than to fill it with poetry."
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
From pus, there will only be physical pain, but from (filthy) poetry, a person's Hereafter itself will be ruined.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2852
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
What is meant by "filling the belly" is that one becomes so interested in poetry that one's attention remains focused only on it; however, even remembering a few bad verses is not a good thing.
(2)
In this hadith, what is meant by "poetry" is bad poetry.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3760