Volume 8 · Book 73 · Hadith 175
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry."
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab), Hadith #175
Sahih Bukhari — Volume 8, Book 73, Hadith 175
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry."
This hadith is from the book of Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 175 in book 73 of volume 8.
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