Is it disliked to compose a lot of poetry, or is it among the permissible matters?
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The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : The line was cut off, Shaykh. I am calling you from Yugoslavia, from Yugoslavia previously, Shaykh. The one who asked you about poetry, hello.
The Shaykh : What is the price?
The student : Poetry, poetry.
The questioner : I called you just now and asked you about poetry, about the question of poetry: is it disliked to compose a lot of poetry, or is it among the permissible matters, meaning not among the disliked ones?
The Shaykh : Fine, I answered you, my brother.
The questioner : I did not hear you, Shaykh, because the line was cut off on my end. I did not hear anything except when you told me that there is a hadith in Sahih Muslim, and that was all.
The Shaykh : I told you that if the poetry does not dominate the person, and does not distract him from performing what is obligatory upon him of the duties and obligations, and learning the obligatory knowledge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is permissible, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : The line was cut off, Shaykh. I am calling you from Yugoslavia, from Yugoslavia previously, Shaykh. The one who asked you about poetry, hello.
The Shaykh : What is the price?
The student : Poetry, poetry.
The questioner : I called you just now and asked you about poetry, about the question of poetry: is it disliked to compose a lot of poetry, or is it among the permissible matters, meaning not among the disliked ones?
The Shaykh : Fine, I answered you, my brother.
The questioner : I did not hear you, Shaykh, because the line was cut off on my end. I did not hear anything except when you told me that there is a hadith in Sahih Muslim, and that was all.
The Shaykh : I told you that if the poetry does not dominate the person, and does not distract him from performing what is obligatory upon him of the duties and obligations, and learning the obligatory knowledge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is permissible, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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