Sahih Muslim Book 28. Poetry

Chapter : Not known. ‘Amr b. Sharid reported his father as saying: One day when I rode behind Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him), he said (to me): Do you remember any Poetry of Umayya b. Abu Salt. I…

Chapter : Not known. ‘Amr b. Sharid reported on the authority of his father that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) asked him to recite poetry, the rest of the hadith is the same, out with this addition: “He…

Chapter : Not known. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: “Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain.”

Chapter : Not known. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The truest word uttered by a poet is this verse of Labid: “Behold ! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and Umayya b. Abu…

Chapter : Not known. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The truest verse recited by a poet is: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain, and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.

Chapter : Not known. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The truest couplet recited by a poet is: “Behold ! apart from Allah everything is vain,” and he made no addition to it.

Chapter : Not known. Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The truest word which the poet stated is the word of Labid: “Behold ! apart from Allah everything is vain.”

Chapter : Not known. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger(may peace be upon him)as saying: 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. Abd Bakr has…

Chapter : Not known. Sa’d reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: 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.

Chapter : Not known. Abd ‘Sa’id Khudri reported: We were going with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him). As we reached the place (known as) ‘Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting a poem. Thereupon Allah’s…

Chapter : It is prohibited to play chess. Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and…