Sahih Muslim
The Book of Poetry
كتاب الشعر
Chapter 1
Sahih Muslim 2255 a, b
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Sahih Muslim 2255 c
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Sahih Muslim 2256 a
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Sahih Muslim 2256 b
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Sahih Muslim 2256 c
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Sahih Muslim 2256 d
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Sahih Muslim 2256 e
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba narrated to us: Hafs and Abu Muawiya narrated to us; and Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Abu Muawiya narrated to us. Both reported from al-Amash; and Abu Said al-Ashajj narrated to us: Waki narrated to us: al-Amash narrated to us, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is better for a man to have his belly filled with pus that corrodes it than to have it filled with poetry. Abu Bakr said that Hafs did not include the words that corrodes it.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us. They said: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shuba narrated to us, from Qatada, from Yunus ibn Jubayr, from Muhammad ibn Sad, from Sad, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: It is better for one of you to have his belly filled with pus that corrodes it than to have it filled with poetry.
Qutayba ibn Said al-Thaqafi narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn al-Had, from Yuhannis, the client of Musab ibn al-Zubayr, from Abu Said al-Khudri, who said: As we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Arj, a poet came by reciting poetry. The Messenger of Allah said: Catch the devil—or detain the devil—for it is better for a man to have his belly filled with pus than to have it filled with poetry.
Chapter 2
تَحْرِيمِ اللَّعِبِ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ
Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to me: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Alqama ibn Marthad, from Sulayman ibn Burayda, from his father, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever plays nardashir is like one who dyes his hand with the flesh and blood of a pig.