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ahmad:5704 – Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ḥanẓalah > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "It is better for a person to have their inner self filled with pus than to have it filled with hair."  

أحمد:٥٧٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَأَنْ يَكُونَ جَوْفُ الْمَرْءِ مَمْلُوءًا قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَمْلُوءًا شِعْرًا  

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ahmad:4975 – Isḥāq b. Sulaymān > Ḥanẓalah b. Abū Sufyān al-Jumaḥī > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6154)  

أحمد:٤٩٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ سَمِعْتُ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ الْجُمَحِيَّ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا