Don’t understand scholars statement
Salaam
He says that the disliked kind of poetry is “perhaps what is continuously engaged in, and when it is made into a kind of profession to the point where it overcomes one and busies him from the remembrance of Allah and religious sciences, and that is how the hadeeth [against frivolous poetry mentioned above] is interpreted… so there is no harm in a little of it if one intends bringing up anecdotes, subtle niceties, high metaphors and noble meanings, even if there is the description of ‘cheeks and physiques’, because the scholars of metaphoric writing would use later poet’s writings as references for those very reasons.
… and [Ibn al Humam] mentioned that the unlawful part of poetry is those words themselves that are unlawful to use, like describing private areas, or specific, living women, or describing intoxicants in arousing ways, or bars and clubs, or disparaging a Muslim or non-Muslim member of society, if the speaker intends to disparage them…
… so there is no reason to forbid poetry [altogether]; yes, if it is regarding one who is wasting time without benefit, then he is forbidden, even if the poems had good counsel and wisdom.” [Ibn ‘Abideen, Radd al Muhtar ‘ala Durr al Mukhtar]
From here it seems that he is saying that engaging in too much frivolous poetry is makruh but at the end he says it’s forbidden. Also is the view that taking in a lot of entertainment (in the case of this, frivolous poetry) Is makruh or haraam? Because Inheard that wasting time can be mubah depending on the circumstances.
Jazzakallahu Khair
