The Book of Poetry

Book 41 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

11 hadith Hadith 5735–5745 Sunni
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Book 41 of 57

The Book of Poetry

Sahih Muslim

11 hadith Hadith 5735–5745 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Poetry is book 41 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 11 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 5 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, Amr bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Talha عمرو بن عبد الله بن أبي طلحة, Sa`d from his father, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Kuraib.

Hadith in This Book 11 hadith

1 5735 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…
2 5736 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."
3 5737 Sahih
The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain."
4 5738 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.
5 5739 Sahih
The truest verse recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.
6 5740 Sahih
The truest couplet recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and he made no addition to it.
7 5741 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."
8 5742 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…
9 5743 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.
10 5744 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…
11 5745 Sahih
He who played Nardashir (a game similar to backgammon) is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.