Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2852

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'

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2852

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي، يَحْيَى بْنُ عِيسَى الرَّمْلِيُّ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا يَرِيهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

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."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2852), Al-Bukhari (No. 6155), Muslim (No. 2257), Abu Dawud (No. 5009), Ibn Majah (No. 3759) and Ahmad (No. 7535, 8025, 8301, 8724, 9807, 9829).

Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّمْلِيُّ ) النَّهْشَلِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ صَدُوقٌ مِنْ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ ( أَخْبَرَنَا عَمِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ عِيسَى ) التَّمِيمِيُّ النَّهْشَلِيُّ الْفَاخُورِيُّ بِالْفَاءِ وَالْحَاءِ الْمُعْجَمَةِ الْكُوفِيُّ نَزِيلُ الرَّمْلَةِ صَدُوقٌ يُخْطِي وَرُمِيَ بِالتَّشَيُّعِ مِنْ التَّاسِعَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( يَرِيهِ ) بِفَتْحِ يَاءٍ وَكَسْرِ رَاءٍ وَسُكُونِ يَاءٍ أُخْرَى صِفَةُ قَيْحٍ , أَيْ يُفْسِدُهُ مِنْ الْوَرْيِ وَهُوَ دَاءٌ يُفْسِدُ الْجَوْفَ وَمَعْنَاهُ قَيْحًا يَأْكُلُ جَوْفَهُ وَيُفْسِدُهُ , وَقِيلَ أَيْ يَصِلُ إِلَى الرِّئَةِ وَيُفْسِدُهَا. وَرُدَّ بِأَنَّ الْمَشْهُورَ فِي الرِّئَةِ الْهَمْزُ ( أَنْ يَمْتَل…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2852
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon	The hadith	No. 2852
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 2852
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf	AuthenticHasan Sahih	The hadith	No. 2852

Other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6155

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ); said, "It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry."

لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ رَجُلٍ قَيْحًا يَرِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 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 slight variation of wording.

لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ الرَّجُلِ قَيْحًا يَرِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 5009

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)…

لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Ibn Majah 3759

"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."

"‏ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ الرَّجُلِ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 7535