Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Amr bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Talha عمرو بن عبد الله بن أبي طلحة Sahih One day when I rode behind Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), he said (to me): Do you remember any poetry of Umayya b. Abu Salt. I said: Yes. He said: Then go on. I recited a couplet, and he said: Go on. Then I again recited a couplet and he said: Go on. I recited one hundred couplets (of his poetry). This hadith has been reported on the authority of Sharid through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5735/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Amr bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Talha عمرو بن عبد الله بن أبي طلحة Sahih “He (that is Umayya b. Abu Salt) was about to become a Muslim”, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi (the words are) “He was almost a Muslim in his poetry.” https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5736/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Hurairah Sahih The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain.” https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5737/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Hurairah Sahih The truest word uttered by a poet is this verse of Labid: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and Umayya b. Abu Salt was almost a Muslim. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5738/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Hurairah Sahih The truest verse recited by a poet is: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5739/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Hurairah Sahih The truest couplet recited by a poet is: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and he made no addition to it. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5740/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Hurairah Sahih I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The truest word which the poet stated is the word of Labid: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain.” https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5741/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Hurairah Sahih It is better for a man’s belly to be stuffed with pus which corrodes it than to stuff (one’s mind) with frivolous poetry. Abu Bakr has reported it with a slight variation of wording. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5742/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Sa`d from his father Sahih It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one’s mind) with poetry. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5743/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Sahih 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. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5744/ Sahih Muslim The Book of Poetry Kuraib Sahih He who played Nardashir (a game similar to backgammon) is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine. https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-5745/