Explaining His saying, the Exalted: {And the poets, the lost ones follow them...}
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Question:
He asks for the explanation of some of the noble verses, including the saying of the Truth, (Blessed and Exalted is He): I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.[Ash-Shu'ara 26:224] Have you not seen that they wander in every valley? And that they say what they do not do? [Surah al-Shu'ara: 224-226].
Answer:
On the apparent meaning of the verse, most poets are like this: they say what they do not do, and they wander in every valley. You see him speaking here, there, or elsewhere without truth, or about things he imagines and then speaks of, or lying for needs within himself or for other reasons.[Ash-Shu'ara 26:227] Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) excepted those whose poetry is good and beneficial, such as Hassan ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) , the poet of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Ka'b ibn Malik, and Abdullah ibn Rawahah, and others among the poets of the believers, and then those after them in the era of the Tabi'un and the era of the followers of the Tabi'un until our day.
So the poetry of the believers is beneficial and useful, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 5010Sahih (Al-Albani) And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Hassan to satirize Quraysh, to satirize the disbelievers, and he said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 2893Hasan (Darussalam) And he said: Sahih al-Bukhari 3212 meaning: Jibril.
So poetry that comes from a believer in support of the truth and its affirmation, and in condemnation of falsehood and its refutation, is a required matter, and its author is thanked and rewarded. These are the ones intended in His saying, the Exalted: [Surah al-Shu'ara: 227] Allah excepted them from the condemned poets. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He asks for the explanation of some of the noble verses, including the saying of the Truth, (Blessed and Exalted is He): I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;
وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ Answer:
On the apparent meaning of the verse, most poets are like this: they say what they do not do, and they wander in every valley. You see him speaking here, there, or elsewhere without truth, or about things he imagines and then speaks of, or lying for needs within himself or for other reasons.
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِSo the poetry of the believers is beneficial and useful, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
In poetry there is wisdom.
إن من الشعر حكمةhis words are harder for them than being shot with arrows
إنه أشد عليهم من وقع النبلO Allah! Support him (i.e. Hassan) with the Holy Spirit?
اللهم أيده بروح القدسSo poetry that comes from a believer in support of the truth and its affirmation, and in condemnation of falsehood and its refutation, is a required matter, and its author is thanked and rewarded. These are the ones intended in His saying, the Exalted:
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
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