Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: Disciplines During Fasting 6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َانَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ لا يُنْشَدُ الشِّعْرُ بِلَيْلٍ وَلا يُنْشَدُ فِي شَهْرِ رَ٠َضَانَ بِلَيْلٍ وَلا نَهَارٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْ٠َاعِيلُ يَا أَبَتَاهْ فَإِنَّهُ فِينَا قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِينَا.

You must not read poems in the month of Ramadan during the night or during the day.’ Isma‘il then said, ‘Father, but it is in our praise.’ The Imam said, ‘Even if it is in our praise, do not read poems.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/249))