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bayhaqi:21113Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Abū ʿAmr b. Ḥamdān > Abū Yaʿlá > ʿAbbād b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thābit > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about poetry and he said, "It is speech, and its beauty is beauty, and its ugliness is ugliness. It is accepted in a group, and the authentic narration from the Prophet ﷺ is considered as a clear message."  

البيهقي:٢١١١٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ حَمْدَانَ أنبأ أَبُو يَعْلَى ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّعْرِ فَقَالَ هُوَ كَلَامٌ فَحَسَنُهُ حَسَنٌ وَقَبِيحُهُ قَبِيحٌ وَصَلَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ وَالصَّحِيحُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُرْسَلٌ