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Muslim 5895 · Book 41

Sahih Muslim, 5895

The Book of Poetry

Sahih (authentic)by the collection

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ يُحَنِّسَ، مَوْلَى مُصْعَبِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْعَرْجِ إِذْ عَرَضَ شَاعِرٌ يُنْشِدُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ خُذُوا الشَّيْطَانَ أَوْ أَمْسِكُوا الشَّيْطَانَ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri reported:We were going with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a man with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry
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Rapporté par Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه : Nous étions avec le Messager d’Allah ﷺ. Quand nous sommes arrivés à l’endroit appelé ‘Arj, un poète qui récitait de la poésie est venu à notre rencontre. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ a alors dit : « Attrapez le diable ou retenez le diable, car il vaut mieux remplir le ventre d’un homme de pus que de remplir son cerveau de poésie. »
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

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Sahih collection: its hadiths are held authentic by the compiler.

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).