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What Has Been Narrated About Poetry

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 5009 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 302

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5009. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'If the belly of one of you were to be filled with pus, it would be better for him than being filled with poetry.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Alī said:[1] "I heard that Abū 'Ubaid said: 'What it means is when his heart is filled to such an extent that it distracts him from the Qur'ān and remembrance of Allāh. But if the Qur'ān and knowledge are dominant, then in our view his heart will not be filled with poetry. "Some eloquence is magic" – it seems that what is meant is when he is so eloquent that he praises a man, and says what is true about him, so he makes people believe what he says, then he criticizes him and says what is true about him, so he makes people believe what he says, and it is as if he is bewitching his audience."

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5009 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا» قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ: بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَجْهُهُ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ قَلْبُهُ حَتَّى يَشْغَلَهُ عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ وَذِكْرِ اللَّهِ، فَإِذَا كَانَ الْقُرْآنُ وَالْعِلْمُ الْغَالِبَ فَلَيْسَ جَوْفُ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا مُمْتَلِئًا مِنَ الشِّعْرِ، «وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرًا»، قَالَ: كَأَنَّ الْمَعْنَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَ مِنْ بَيَانِهِ أَنْ يَمْدَحَ الْإِنْسَانَ فَيَصْدُقَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَصْرِفَ الْقُلُوبَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ، ثُمَّ يَذُمَّهُ فَيَصْدُقَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَصْرِفَ الْقُلُوبَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ الْآخَرِ، فَكَأَنَّهُ سَحَرَ السَّامِعِينَ بِذَلِكَ

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    [1] Sharfan wa lā 'adlan: They say it means no exchange nor ransom to escape.