و حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَصْدَقُ بَيْتٍ قَالَتْهُ الشُّعَرَائُ أَلَا کُلُّ شَيْئٍ مَا خَلَا اللَّهَ بَاطِلٌ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5891
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The truest couplet recited by a poet is: Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain, and he made no addition to it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020