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Abu Hurairah · The Book of Poetry

narrator Abu Hurairah topic The Book of Poetry
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Sahih Muslim #5737 Scholarly Consensus: Sahih View Full →
The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain."
Sahih Muslim #5738 Scholarly Consensus: Sahih View Full →
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.
Sahih Muslim #5739 Scholarly Consensus: Sahih View Full →
The truest verse recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.
Sahih Muslim #5740 Scholarly Consensus: Sahih View Full →
The truest couplet recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and he made no addition to it.
Sahih Muslim #5741 Scholarly Consensus: Sahih View Full →
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."
Sahih Muslim #5742 Scholarly Consensus: Sahih View Full →
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.