English translation
3212. Narrated Sa'īd bin Al-Musaiyab: 'Umar came to the mosque while Ḥassān was reciting a poem. ('Umar disapproved of that). On that Ḥassān said, "I used to recite poetry in this very mosque in the presence of one (i.e., the Prophet ﷺ) who was better than you." Then he turned towards Abū Hurairah and said (to him), "I ask you by Allāh, did you hear Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying (to me), 'Retort on my behalf. O Allāh! Support him (i.e., Ḥassān) with the Ruḥ Al-Qudus [i.e., Jibrīl (Gabriel)]?" Abū Hurairah said, "Yes."
