Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 2258
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا يَرِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " .
Translation
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.