Hadith #296
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ سَمِعْتُ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ الْجُمَحِيَّ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Ishaq ibn Sulayman, from Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan al-Jumahi, from Salim ibn 'Abdullah — that he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "That the belly of one of you be filled with pus is better for him than that it be filled with poetry."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 13, Hadith 296
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 4734
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41124