al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 21206
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أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الطُّوسِيُّ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ، ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَنْبَأَ حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ الْجُمَحِيُّ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
" لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Anbaʾ Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥasan b. Ayyūb al-Ṭūsī Anbaʾ Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī
- ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá Anbaʾ Ḥanẓalah b. Abū Sufyān al-Jumaḥī al-Makkī
- Sālim
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
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"For the inside of one of you to be filled with pus is better for him than for it to be filled with poetry.
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- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the firstسَالِمٍكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمتعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 151 AH, or 152 AH.حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ الْجُمَحِيُّ الْمَكِّيُّثقة حجة.أنبأ
- Trustworthy (thiqah); he leaned towards Shiism (kāna yatashayyaʿ).d. 212 AH or 213 AH or 214 AHعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَىثقة ، كان يتشيعحدثنا
- one of the memorizers (ḥuffāẓ)d. 275 AH, or: 277 AH, or: 279 AHأَبُو حَاتِمٍ الرَّازِيُّأحد الحفاظأنبأ
- d. 340 AHأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الطُّوسِيُّأنبأ
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُأخبرنا
- d. 458 AHالبيهقي
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