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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 862

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is better for a man to fill his belly with oozing pus than to fill it with poetry.”

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
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6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is better for a man to fill his belly with oozing pus than to fill it with poetry.”

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 862, Book 36, Poetry, Hadith 5. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍTold us
  3. 3أَبِيTold us
  4. 4Sulayman al-AmashTold us, Successor, died 147 AH
  5. 5Abu Salih as-SammanHeard, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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