Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid." He said, Verily, Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did not embrace Islam).
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar), Hadith #181
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid." He said, Verily, Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did not embrace Islam).
This hadith is from the book of Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 181 in book 58 of volume 5.
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