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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry."

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ; said, "It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry."

It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.

We were going with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a man

"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."

"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry."

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If the belly of one of you were to be filled with pus that corrodes it, that would be better than filling (his mind) with poetry.”

“For the belly of one of you to be filled with pus and blood is better for him than filling [his mind] with poetry.”