# Sunan Ibn Majah - Etiquette

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 22, 2026*

**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #3494

**Book:** Etiquette | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Wahab bin 'Abdul Majeed al-Thaqaf عبد الوهاب بن عبد المجيد الثقفي, Abu al-Darda, Ibrahim bin Sa'id al-Juhari إبراهيم بن سعيد الجوهري, Muhammad bin Abi 'Adi محمد بن أبي عدي, Rashid bin Njyh al-Hmany راشد بن نجيح الحماني, Shar bin Hushab al-Asha'ri شهر بن حوشب الأشعري, Umm al-Darda'a أم الدرداء

“If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-3494/)*

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