English translation
[5887] (...) It was narrated from 'Amr bin Ash-Sharîd that his father said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ asked me to recite poetry..." a Hadîth like that of Ibrâhîm bin Maisarah (no. 5885), and he added: "He said: 'He was almost a Muslim.” In the Hadīth of Ibn Mahdī it says: “He was almost a Muslim in his poetry.”
