THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCESKITĀB AL-ADHKĀR · Imām an-Nawawī
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Chapter 23

Censuring someone who chants poetry in the mosque in which there is no praise for Islam or for abstemiousness, nor any encouragement of the noble qualities of character and the like

Remembrance 1
WE RELATE FROM the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Thawbān Honorific symbol related that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “If you see someone reciting poetry in the mosque then tell him: May Allah make your mouth dumb” thrice. [1].

References

[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (152). Ibn Ḥajar describes this hadith as gharīb.