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322. 'Amr bin Shu'āib narrated from his father, from his grandfather ('Abdullāh bin 'Amr Al-'Āṣ), that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ prohibited the recitation of poetry[1] in the Masjid, and from selling and buying in it, and (he prohibited) the people from forming circles in it on Friday before the Ṣalāt." (Hasan)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Buraidah, Jābir, and Anas.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr Al-'Āṣ is a Hasan Hadīth.
'Amr bin Shu'āib is Ibn Muḥammad bin 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr bin Al-'Āṣ. Muḥammad bin Ismā'īl said: "I saw Aḥmad and Ishāq" – and he mentioned others besides them – "using the narrations of 'Amr bin Shu'āib as a proof."
Muḥammad said: "Shu'āib bin Muḥammad heard from [his grandfather] 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr.
Abū 'Eisā said: Those who criticized the narrations of 'Amr bin Shu'āib only considered him weak because he narrated from a book of his grandfather's, so it is as if they thought that he did not heard these narrations from his grandfather.
‘Ali bin ‘Abdullāh said: “It has been mentioned from Yahya bin Sa‘eed that he said: ‘The Ḥadīth of ‘Amr bin Shu‘aib is very weak to us.”
There are those among the people of knowledge who disliked selling and buying in the Masjid. This is the view of Aḥmad and Ishāq.
It has been reported that some of the people of knowledge among the Tābi‘īn permitted selling and buying in the Masjid.
There are other Aḥādīth related from the Prophet ﷺ permitting the recitation of poetry in the Masjid.
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Footnotes
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[1] Boasting, lampooning, or loud melodic recitation of poetry. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
Commentary
Tanāshud: Poetry is to say poetic verses in competition in order to express boastfulness and pride against each other, which is a meeting of poets to excel in poetry. It is prohibited to excel in poetry on the basis of pride and boastfulness, but it is not prohibited to say poetry for the purpose of admonition, speech, or to glorify Allāh ﷻ and to extol the qualities of the Prophet ﷺ.
