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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 680

36. Poetry

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Someone who dislikes for someone to be dominated

بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ الْغَالِبَ عَلَيْهِ الشِّعْرُ

680
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْلَى قَالَ‏:‏ سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ الشَّرِيدِ، عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ قَالَ‏:‏ اسْتَنْشَدَنِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شِعْرَ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ، وَأَنْشَدْتُهُ، فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ‏:‏ هِيهِ، هِيهِ حَتَّى أَنْشَدْتُهُ مِئَةَ قَافِيَةٍ، فَقَالَ‏:‏ إِنْ كَادَ لَيُسْلِمُ‏.‏
Ash-Sharid said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me to recite the poetry of Umayya ibn Abi's-Salt and I recited it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to say, 'Go on, go on!' until I had recited a hundred lines.' The Prophet said, 'If only he had become Muslim.'"
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 869
In-book : Book 36, Hadith 14
English translation : Book 36, Hadith 869
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 680 (Poetry)