Khalid ibn Kaysan said, "I was with Ibn 'Umar when Iyyas ibn Khaythama got up and said to him, 'Shall I recite some poetry, Ibn al-Faruq?' 'Yes,' he replied, 'but only recite good poetry to me.'" He recited until he came to something which Ibn 'Umar disliked whereupon he told him to stop.  

قَالَ لَهُ أَمْسِكْ  

Mutarrif said, "I accompanied 'Imran ibn Husayn from Kufa to Basra. Very rarely did he arrive at my house without reciting some poetry to me. He said, 'Indirect speech accords great scope in avoiding lies.'"  

عَنِ الْكَذِبِ  

Ubayy ibn Ka'b mentioned that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is some wisdom in poetry."  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً  

Al-Aswad ibn Suray' said, "Messenger of Allah, I have praised my Lord, the Almighty and Exalted, in some words of praise." He said, "Your Lord loves praise," and did not say anything more.  

عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي مَدَحْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِمَحَامِدَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ وَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ  

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, 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."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا  

Al-Aswad ibn Suray' said, "I was a poet and went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked, 'Shall I recite some praises I have written for my Lord?' He said, 'Your Lord loves praise,' and did not say anything more."  

عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ شَاعِرًا فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَلاَ أُنْشِدُكَ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا رَبِّي؟ قَالَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْمَحَامِدَ وَلَمْ يَزِدْنِي عَلَيْهِ  

'A'isha said, "Hassan ibn Thabit asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for permission to satirise the idolaters. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'And what about my lineage?' He said, 'I will extract you from them as a hair is taken from dough.'"  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هِجَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَيْفَ بِنِسْبَتِي؟ فَقَالَ لَأَسُلَّنَّكَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تُسَلُّ الشَّعْرَةُ مِنَ الْعَجِينِ  

Hisham reported that his father said, "I began to abuse Hassan [ibn Thabit] in the presence of 'A'isha and she said, 'Do not abuse him. He used to defend the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.'"  

عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ أَسُبُّ حَسَّانَ عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ لاَ تَسُبَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُنَافِحُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

See hadith 858.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ  

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Poetry is in the same position as speech. The good of it is like good words and its bad part is like bad words."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الشِّعْرُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْكَلاَمِ حَسَنُهُ كَحَسَنِ الْكَلامِ وَقَبِيحُهُ كَقَبِيحِ الْكَلامِ  

'A'isha said, "Poetry is both good and bad. Take the good and leave the bad. I have related some of the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik. That included an ode of forty verses and some less than that."  

أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ الشِّعْرُ مِنْهُ حَسَنٌ وَمِنْهُ قَبِيحٌ خُذْ بِالْحَسَنِ وَدَعِ الْقَبِيحَ وَلَقَدْ رَوَيْتُ مِنْ شِعْرِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَشْعَارًا مِنْهَا الْقَصِيدَةُ فِيهَا أَرْبَعُونَ بَيْتًا وَدُونَ ذَلِكَ  

See hadith 859.  

حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ شَاعِرًا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ امْتَدَحْتُ رَبِّي فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ وَمَا اسْتَزَادَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ  

Ash-Sharid said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked me to recite the poetry of Umayya ibn Abi's-Salt and I recited it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, began to say, 'Go on, go on!' until I had recited a hundred lines.' The Prophet said, 'If only he had become Muslim.'"  

عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ قَالَ اسْتَنْشَدَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شِعْرَ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ وَأَنْشَدْتُهُ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ هِيهِ هِيهِ حَتَّى أَنْشَدْتُهُ مِئَةَ قَافِيَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَادَ لَيُسْلِمُ  

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It is better for one of you to fill his belly with pus than to fill it with poetry."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا  

In respect of "And as for the poets, is the misled who follow them. Do you not see how they ramble on in every style and that they say things which they do not do?" (26:223-225), Ibn 'Abbas said that it was abrogated and that an exception was made in His words, "except for those who believe and do right actions the kind of reversal they will receive." (26:226)  

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ {وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لاَ يَفْعَلُونَ} فَنَسَخَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَاسْتَثْنَى فَقَالَ {إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {يَنْقَلِبُونَ}  

Ibn 'Abbas said that a man - or a bedouin - came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and spoke some eloquent words. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is some magic eloquence and some wisdom in poetry."  

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَوْ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلاَمٍ بَيِّنٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً  

'Abdu'l-Malik ibn Marwan entrusted the teaching of his children to ash-Sha'bi and said, "Teach them poetry so that they will possess dignity and vigor. Feed them meat so that their hearts will be strong. Cut off their hair so that their necks will be strong. Make them sit with men of distinction who will contradict them in words."  

أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ مَرْوَانَ دَفَعَ وَلَدَهُ إِلَى الشَّعْبِيِّ يُؤَدِّبُهُمْ فَقَالَ عَلِّمْهُمُ الشِّعْرَ يَمْجُدُوا وَيُنْجِدُوا وَأَطْعِمْهُمُ اللَّحْمَ تَشْتَدُّ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَجُزَّ شُعُورَهُمْ تَشْتَدُّ رِقَابُهُمْ وَجَالِسْ بِهِمْ عِلْيَةَ الرِّجَالِ يُنَاقِضُوهُمُ الْكَلامَ  

'A'isha reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The greatest of criminals is the poet who satirises the entire tribe and a man who disclaims his father."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ جُرْمًا إِنْسَانٌ شَاعِرٌ يَهْجُو الْقَبِيلَةَ مِنْ أَسْرِهَا وَرَجُلٌ انْتَفَى مِنْ أَبِيهِ