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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الشعر
The Book of Poetry
" مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَبَغَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ خِنْزِيرٍ وَدَمِهِ "
He who played Nardashir (a game similar to backgammon) is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.
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- Hadith 2256a
The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain."
- Hadith 2256b
The truest word uttered by a poet is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and Umayya b. Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.
- Hadith 2257
It is better for a man's belly to be stuffed with pus which corrodes it than to stuff (one's mind) with frivolous poetry. Abu Bakr has reported it with a…
- Hadith 2256d
The truest couplet recited by a poet is: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and he made no addition to it.
- Hadith 2258
It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.
- Hadith 2259
We were going with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's…