Sahih Muslim 5890

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) as saying: The truest couplet recited by a poet is: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain, and he made no addition to it. ..

Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) as saying: The truest word which the poet stated is the word of Labid: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain. ..

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) 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. Abu Bakr has reported it with a slight..

Sa`d reported Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) 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. ..

Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri reported: We were going with Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ )..

Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: He who played Nardashir (a game similar to backgammon) is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine. ..