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 […]
“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.”
The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain.”
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.
The truest verse recited by a poet is: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.
The truest couplet recited by a poet is: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and he made no addition to it.
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.”
None of you should say: Supply drink to your lord, feed your lord, help your lord in performing ablution, and none of you should say: My Lord. He should say: My chief, my patron; and none of you should say: My bondman, my slave-girl, but simply say: My boy, my girl, my servant.
None of you should say: “My soul has become evil,” but he should say: “My soul has become remorseless.” This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr with a slight variation of wording.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abia Mu’iwiya with the same chain of transmitters.