Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَأَنْ يَكُونَ جَوْفُ الْمَرْءِ مَمْلُوءًا قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَمْلُوءًا شِعْرًا.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Bakr told us: Hanzalah informed us: I heard Salim ibn 'Abdullah say: I heard Ibn 'Umar say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "That the belly of a man be filled with pus is better for him than that it be filled with poetry."