One day when I rode behind Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ), he said (to me): Do you remember any poetry of Umayya bin Abu Salt. I said: Yes. He said: Then go on. I recited a couplet, and he said: Go on. Then I again recited a couplet and he said: Go on. I recited one hundred couplets (of his poetry). This hadith has been reported on the authority of Sharid through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

It was narrated that Ash-sharid رضی اللہ عنہ said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ seated me behind him on his mount..." and he narrated a similar report (as no. 5885).

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) asked him to recite poetry, the rest of the hadith is the same, but with this addition: He (that is Umayya bin Abu Salt) was about to become a Muslim , and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi (the words are) He was almost a Muslim in his poetry.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as saying: The truest word spoken by an Arab (pre-Islamic) in poetry is this verse of Labid: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as saying: The truest word uttered by a poet is this verse of Labid: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain, and Umayya bin Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as saying: The truest verse recited by a poet is: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain, and Ibn Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.

Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as saying: The truest couplet recited by a poet is: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain, and he made no addition to it.

I heard Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) as saying: The truest word which the poet stated is the word of Labid: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) as saying: 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.

Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as saying: It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.

We were going with Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a man with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry.

Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said: He who played Nardashir (a game similar to backgammon) is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.