Sa`d reported 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.
Read More..Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri reported: 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.
Read More..Buraida reported on the authority of his father that 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.
Read More..Abu Salama reported: I used to see dreams (and was so much perturbed) that I began to quiver and have temperature, but did not cover myself with a mantle. I met Abu Qatada and made a mention of that to him. He said: I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: A good vision comes from Allah and a (bad) dream (hulm) from devil. So when one of you sees a bad dream (hulm) which he does not like, he should spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil; then it will not harm him.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Qatada, but there is no mention of the words of Abu Salama: I saw dreams (which perturbed me) but I did not cover myself with a mantle.
Read More..This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters, but it does not contain the words: I felt disturbed because of that, and there is an addition of these words in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yunus: Then spit thrice on the left side when you get up from sleep.
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