Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 5009

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Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 5009 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 43: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Abu Dawud
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 5009
Chapter
43: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Narrator in the source
Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ reported
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Sahih
Hadith 5009
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ،‏‏‏‏ قال أَبُو عَلِيٍّ:‏‏‏‏ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَجْهُهُ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ قَلْبُهُ حَتَّى يَشْغَلَهُ عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ وَذِكْرِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِذَا كَانَ الْقُرْآنُ وَالْعِلْمُ الْغَالِبَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَيْسَ جَوْفُ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا مُمْتَلِئًا مِنَ الشِّعْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرًا،‏‏‏‏ قال:‏‏‏‏ كَأَنَّ الْمَعْنَى:‏‏‏‏ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ مِنْ بَيَانِهِ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْ يَمْدَحَ الْإِنْسَانَ فَيَصْدُقَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَصْرِفَ الْقُلُوبَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ يَذُمَّهُ فَيَصْدُقَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَصْرِفَ الْقُلُوبَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ الْآخَرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَكَأَنَّهُ سَحَرَ السَّامِعِينَ بِذَلِكَ.

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: it is better for a man’s belly to be full of pus than to be full of poetry. Abu Ali said: I have been told that Abu Ubaid said: It means that his heart is full of poetry so much so that it makes him neglectful of the Quran and remembrance of Allah. If the Quran and the knowledge (of religion) are dominant, the belly will not be full of poetry in our opinion. Some eloquent speech is magic. It means that a man expresses his eloquence by praising another man, and he speaks the truth about him so much so that he attracts the hearts to his speech. He then condemns him and speaks the truth about him so much so that he attracts the hearts to another of his speech, as if he spelled the audience by it.

— Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ reported

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Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 5009.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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