Al-Adab al-Mufrad

There is some wisdom in poetry

Khalid ibn Kaysan said, "I was with Ibn 'Umar when Iyyas ibn Khaythama got up and said to him, 'Shall I recite some poetry, Ibn al-Faruq?' 'Yes,' he replied, 'but only recite good poetry to me.'" He recited until he came to something which Ibn 'Umar disliked whereupon he told him to stop.

There is some wisdom in poetry

Mutarrif said, "I accompanied 'Imran ibn Husayn from Kufa to Basra. Very rarely did he arrive at my house without reciting some poetry to me. He said, 'Indirect speech accords great scope in avoiding lies.'"

There is some wisdom in poetry

Ubayy ibn Ka'b mentioned that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "There is some wisdom in poetry."

There is some wisdom in poetry

Al-Aswad ibn Suray' said, "Messenger of Allah, I have praised my Lord, the Almighty and Exalted, in some words of praise." He said, "Your Lord loves praise," and did not say anything more.

There is some wisdom in poetry

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "It is better for a man to fill his belly with oozing pus than to fill it with poetry."

There is some wisdom in poetry

Al-Aswad ibn Suray' said, "I was a poet and went to the Prophet, (ﷺ), and asked, 'Shall I recite some praises I have written for my Lord?' He said, 'Your Lord loves praise,' and did not say anything more."

There is some wisdom in poetry

'A'isha said, "Hassan ibn Thabit asked the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), for permission to satirise the idolaters. The Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, 'And what about my lineage?' He said, 'I will extract you from them as a hair is taken from dough.'"

There is some wisdom in poetry

Hisham reported that his father said, "I began to abuse Hassan [ibn Thabit] in the presence of 'A'isha and she said, 'Do not abuse him. He used to defend the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ).'"

The good in poetry is like the good in words while some of it is bad

See hadith 858.

The good in poetry is like the good in words while some of it is bad

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), said, "Poetry is in the same position as speech. The good of it is like good words and its bad part is like bad words."

The good in poetry is like the good in words while some of it is bad

'A'isha said, "Poetry is both good and bad. Take the good and leave the bad. I have related some of the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik. That included an ode of forty verses and some less than that."

The good in poetry is like the good in words while some of it is bad

Shurayh said, "I ask 'A'isha, may Allah be pleased her with, 'Did the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), recite any poetry?' She said, 'He used to recite some of the poetry of 'Abdullah ibn Rawaha:

The good in poetry is like the good in words while some of it is bad

See hadith 859.

Someone who recites poetry

Ash-Sharid said, "The Prophet, (ﷺ), asked me to recite the poetry of Umayya ibn Abi's-Salt and I recited it. The Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), began to say, 'Go on, go on!' until I had recited a hundred lines.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'If only he had become Muslim.'"

Someone who dislikes for someone to be dominated

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "It is better for one of you to fill his belly with pus than to fill it with poetry."

Someone who dislikes for someone to be dominated

In respect of "And as for the poets, is the misled who follow them. Do you not see how they ramble on in every style and that they say things which they do not do?" (26:223-225), Ibn 'Abbas said that it was abrogated and that an exception was made in His words, "except for those who believe and do right actions the kind of reversal they will receive." (26:226)

Someone saying, "There is magic in eloquence"

Ibn 'Abbas said that a man - or a bedouin - came to the Prophet, (ﷺ), and spoke some eloquent words. The Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "There is some magic eloquence and some wisdom in poetry."

Someone saying, "There is magic in eloquence"

'Abdu'l-Malik ibn Marwan entrusted the teaching of his children to ash-Sha'bi and said, "Teach them poetry so that they will possess dignity and vigor. Feed them meat so that their hearts will be strong. Cut off their hair so that their necks will be strong. Make them sit with men of distinction who will contradict them in words."

Poetry which is disliked

'A'isha reported that the Prophet, (ﷺ), said, "The greatest of criminals is the poet who satirises the entire tribe and a man who disclaims his father."