The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, some poetry contains wisdom."
حدثنا أبو سعيد الأشج حدثنا يحيى بن عبد الملك بن أبي غنية حدثني أبي عن عاصم عن زر
قال رسول الله ﷺ إن من الشعر حكمة
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Its isnad is hasan. Abu Yaala also reported it, no. 5104, from the hadith of Yahya bin Abdul-Malik bin Abu Ghaniyya, through the same route, and it is one of the mutawatir hadiths. See Qatf al-Azhar al-Mutanathirah fi al-Akhbar al-Mutawatirah, no. 70, Laqt al-Laali, 37, and Nazm al-Mutanathir, no. 209.There are also reports on this subject from Ubayy bin Kaab [Bukhari, no. 6145], Ibn Abbas [to come, 2845], Ayesha [Tabarani in al-Awsat, nos. 1498, 2502, 9017], Burayda [Abu Dawud, no. 5012], and Kathir bin Abdullah, from his father, from his grandfather [Tabarani in al-Kabir, 19/17, no. 21].