[2] Iblis -la also copied it but for spreading of the false words...
[2] Iblis -la also copied it but for spreading of the false words, luring people towards Hell, in the form of songs, tale-telling. Hence ‘poetic’ verses exist from the time of the first human being on the earth. The use of poetry was widely spread during the time of the Last Prophet -saww of Islam, but mostly practiced by the illicit and unproductive purposes.
However, those on the Divine Path, although very few in number, also practised it’s pious form, e.g., the Chief of Hashimites Abu Talib -asws .
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Ibn Abi Al Hadeed said, ‘I sw in (the book) ‘Amaali’ of Ibn dureyd who said, ‘Al Jurmuzy informed me, from Ib Al Muhalla, from Ibn Al Kalby, from Shaddad Bin Ibrahim, from Ubeydullah Bin Al-Hassan Al anbary, from Ibn Aradah who said, ‘Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , the people were eating the meat during a month of Ramazan and he -asws was not eating with them.
When they were free, he -asws addressed them and advised them, so they discussed at length among the poets, and they were upon their dinner. When they were free, he -asws addressed them and said in his -asws sermon: ‘Know that the body of your affairs of the religion, and your fortification is the piety, and your adornment is the discipline, and a fortress of your symptoms is the wisdom!’ ثُمَّ قَالَ: قُلْ يَا أَبَا الْأَسْوَدِ فِيمَا كُنْتُمْ تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ أَيُّ الشُّعَرَاءِ أَشْعَرُ!
فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ [أَشْعَرُ الشُّعَرَاءِ] الَّذِي يَقُولُ: وَ لَقَدْ أَغْتَدِي يُدَافِعُ رُكْنِي أَعْوَجِيٌّ ذُو مَيْعَةٍ إِضْرِيجٌ مِخْلَطٌ مِزْيَلٌ مِعَنٌّ مِفَنٌ مِنْفَحٌ مِطْرَحٌ سَبُوحٌ خَرُوجٌ Then he -asws said: ‘Speak, O Abu Al-Aswad, regarding what you have been pouring into!’ I.e. the poems of the poets! He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !