Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3759
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ الرَّجُلِ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " . إِلاَّ أَنَّ حَفْصًا لَمْ يَقُلْ يَرِيَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘If a man’s stomach were filled with pus until it reached his insides, that would be better for him than having it filled with poetry.’ Hafs alone did not include the words ‘until it reached his insides.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report includes a transmitter’s wording note: Hafs omitted the phrase rendered as ‘until it reached his insides.’