حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ قِيلَ لَهَا هَلْ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِشَيْئٍ مِنْ الشِّعْرِ قَالَتْ کَانَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِشِعْرِ ابْنِ رَوَاحَةَ وَيَتَمَثَّلُ وَيَقُولُ وَيَأْتِيکَ بِالْأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَمْ تُزَوِّدِ وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2848
Narrated Al-Miqdam bin Shuraih: from his father, that 'Aishah was asked: Did the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say any poetry? She said: He would say parables with the poetry of Ibn Rawahah, saying: 'News shall come to you from where you did not expect it.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020