كتاب مناقب الأنصار
63
Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)
(26)
Chapter: The days of Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance
(26)
باب أَيَّامِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
Sahih al-Bukhari 3841
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid." He said, Verily, Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did not embrace Islam).
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَصْدَقُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ [poem][/verse]أَلاَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ مَا خَلاَ اللَّهَ بَاطِلٌ وَكَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ ". [verse][poem]
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3841 |
| In-book reference | : Book 63, Hadith 66 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 181 |
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