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He -saww Said [36:69] And We have not Taught him poetry, nor is it befitting for him and did not ever say that Rasool-Allah -saww is a poet, ever ……(an extract). [8] Further Verses of the Holy Quran on poet and poetry are given in an Appendix.

The Verses in the Religious Rituals: Those who have compiled poems regarding Ahl Al-Bayt -asws , particularly with the intention of keeping their traditions alive in the minds of their followers, are praised by the Masomeen -asws and have been promised Paradise. In this short article we will review this topic and see that the ‘Marsiya’ lamentation (i.e., verses describing the martyrdom of Masomeen -asws ) as compiled by the various poets, are highly praised by the Masomeen -asws .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, and someone else, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Neither should you recite ‘الشِّعْرُ’ fictitious stories at night nor should you (narrate) fiction during the Month of Ramazan at night, neither by the night nor by the day’. So Ismail said to him -asws , ‘O father -asws ! Supposing it (fiction) is regarding us -asws ?’ He -asws said: ‘And even though it was regarding us -asws ’.

[9] In accordance with the above Hadith, one would be discouraged to recite poems (either in the praise of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws or eulogising Muslims’s unjust violence against them -asws in all of the month of Ramazan and in the evenings of the rest of the year. This, if we interpret in those terms where forbidden and imaginary characters and/or music are incorporated in tale-telling where Ahl Al-Bayt -asws are also mentioned is disliked.

One of examples of this could be the films and plays depicting the historical events containing both religious and non-religious aspects.