'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "Poetry is in the same position as
speech. The good of it is like good words and its bad part is like bad
words."
'A'isha said, "Poetry is both good and bad. Take the good and leave
the bad. I have related some of the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik. That included
an ode of forty verses and some less than that."
وَعَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: ذَهَبْتُ أَسُبُّ حَسَّانَ عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ: لاَ تَسُبَّهُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُنَافِحُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Hisham reported that his father said, "I began to abuse Hassan
in the presence of 'A'isha and she said, 'Do not abuse him.
He used to defend the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace.'"
