Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3757
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " أَصْدَقُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ أَلاَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ مَا خَلاَ اللَّهَ بَاطِلُ وَكَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah said: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The truest words a poet has spoken are the words of Labid: “Indeed, everything apart from Allah is false.” And Umayyah ibn Abi al-Salt nearly embraced Islam.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic names the poet Umayyah ibn Abi al-Salt; the English witness prints ‘Abu Umayyah.’
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " أَصْدَقُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ أَلاَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ مَا خَلاَ اللَّهَ بَاطِلُ وَكَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ " .
The Arabic says Umayyah ibn Abi al-Salt; the witness gives ‘Abu Umayyah bin Abu Salt.’
Should the Arabic form of the poet's name be followed?