Chapters on Manners
43/71. Chapter:
What Has Been Related (That) 'Certainly, for the inside of one of you to be filled with with puss is better than it being filled with poetry'
Jami at-Tirmidhi
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Narrated Muhammad bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas: From His Father That The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: "It Is Better That One Of You Fill His Insides With Puss Than To Fill It With Poetry."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2851In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 127English translation : Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 2851