Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْهَادِ عَنْ يُحَنَّسَ مَوْلَى مُصْعَبِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْعَرْجِ إِذْ عَرَضَ شَاعِرٌ يُنْشِدُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خُذُوا الشَّيْطَانَ أَوْ أَمْسِكُوا الشَّيْطَانَ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ الرَّجُلِ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا.
English Translation
Yunus told us, Layth told us, from Yazid - meaning Ibn al-Had - from Yuhannas, the freedman of Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: While we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-'Arj, a poet appeared reciting verses, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Seize the devil," or "restrain the devil; for a man's belly being filled with pus is better for him than being filled with poetry."