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[Machine] Ibn Mas`ud used to often exemplify with poetic verses that reflected the realities of the Arabs.  

الطبراني:٨٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ «كَانَ رُبَّمَا يَتَمَثَّلُ بِالْبَيْتِ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ مِمَّا كَانَ فِي وقائعِ الْعَرَبِ»