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Ash-Shama'il 236

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): ‘The most truthful saying spoken by a poet is the saying of Labid: Everything but Allah is surely futile,’…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
7names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ، كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ: أَلا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلا اللَّهَ بَاطِلٌ، وَكَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ»

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): ‘The most truthful saying spoken by a poet is the saying of Labid: Everything but Allah is surely futile,’ and Umayya ibn Abi’s-Salt almost embraced Islam.”

Ash-Shama'il 236, Book 37, Description Of The Saying Of Rasoolullah On Poetry, Hadith 2. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Abd ar-Rahman ibn MahdiTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  4. 4Sufyan ath-ThawriTold us, Third generation, died 159 AH
  5. 5Abd al-Malik ibn UmayrFrom, Successor, died 133 AH
  6. 6Abu Salamah ibn Abd ar-RahmanTold us, Successor, died 94 AH
  7. 7Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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