Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 786
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: {وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ}، قَالَ: الْغِنَاءُ وَأَشْبَاهُهُ.
Translation
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Ibn ‘Abbas commented on the words, “Among people are those who purchase idle talk,” saying: “Singing and things like it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ
The quoted verse is from Qur’an 31:6, not 31:5.
Please correct the verse reference in the English witness.