The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a man driving a Badana (a camel for sacrifice) and said (to him). “Ride it.” The man said, “It is a Bandana.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Ride on it.” The man said, “It is a Bandana.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, Ride on it, woe to you!”
that he heard Hassan bin Thabit Al-Ansari asking the witness of Abu Huraira, saying, “O Abu- Huraira! I beseech you by Allah (to tell me). Did you hear Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying’ ‘O Hassan ! Reply on behalf of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). O Allah ! Support him (Hassan) with the Holy Spirit (Gabriel).’?” Abu Huraira […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Hassan, “Lampoon them (the pagans) in verse, and Gabriel is with you.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry.”
that he heard Abu Huraira in his narration, mentioning that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim brother of yours who does not say dirty words.” and by that he meant Ibn Rawaha, “said (in verse): ‘We have Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) with us who recites the Holy Qur’an in the early morning time. He gave us […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The most true words said by a poet were the words of Labid. He said, i.e. ‘Verily, everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin Abi As-Salt was about to embrace Islam .
We went out with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) to Khaibar and we travelled during the night. A man amongst the people said to ‘Amir bin Al-Aqwa’, “Won’t you let us hear your poetry?” ‘Amir was a poet, and so he got down and started (chanting Huda) reciting for the people, poetry that keep pace with the […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to some of his wives among whom there was Um Sulaim, and said, “May Allah be merciful to you, O Anjasha! Drive the camels slowly, as they are carrying glass vessels!” Abu Qalaba said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) said a sentence (i.e. the above metaphor) which, had anyone of you said it, […]
Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) to lampoon the pagans (in verse). Allah’s Apostle said, “What about my fore-fathers (ancestry)?’ Hassan said (to the Prophet) “I will take you out of them as a hair is taken out of dough.” Narrated Hisham bin `Urwa that his father said, “I called Hassan […]
Abu Bakr came with a guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he came, my mother said (to him), “Have you been detained from your guest or guests tonight?” He said, “Haven’t you served the supper to them?” She replied, “We presented the meal to him […]