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ahmad:15786Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad b. ʿAbd Yaghūth > Ubay b. Kaʿb al-Anṣārī

[Machine] He informed him that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Among poetry is wisdom," and Bashir ibn Abdullah ibn Ka'b narrated that Ka'b ibn Malik used to narrate that the Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it is as if you sprinkle them with noble qualities with what you say to them of poetry."  

أحمد:١٥٧٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ وَكَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِينَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ فِيمَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ  


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bayhaqi:21110Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Yamān al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are showering them with flowing pearls with what you say to them of poetry."  

البيهقي:٢١١١٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أنبأ شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ وَكَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ فِيمَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ