It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was asked whether the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would, for example, recite any poetry. She replied, "(Yes), for example, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes recite a verse of poetry by Abdullah bin Rawaha, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would also recite this saying as an example: 'A man will come to you with news, whom you did not provide provisions for the journey.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, who says that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Of all the poetry spoken by poets, the truest statement is the saying of Labid: «ألا كل شيء ما خلا الله باطل» , Beware! Everything except Allah Almighty is false (perishable)." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "And it was near that Umayyah bin Abi Salt would have become Muslim."

Sayyiduna Jundub bin Sufyan al-Bajali (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was struck on his finger by a stone, causing it to be injured. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are but a finger that has become bloodied, and the pain you have suffered is in the path of Allah, the Exalted."

Aswad bin Qais narrated from Sayyiduna Jundub bin Abdullah Bajali, may Allah be pleased with him, a narration similar to this.

Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man asked him: O Abu ‘Amarah! Did you people run away leaving the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (on the day of Hunayn)? He replied: No, by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not retreat; rather, some hasty people turned away because of the archery of the tribe of Hawazin, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was mounted on his mule, whose reins were held by Abu Sufyan bin al-Harith bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib. At that time, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was proclaiming loudly:“I am the Prophet of Allah, there is no lie in this. I am the son of ‘Abd al-Muttalib.”

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah on the occasion of ‘Umrah al-Qada, Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) was walking ahead of him, reciting these verses:“O sons of the disbelievers! Clear the way for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Today, according to the command of the Qur’an, we will strike you with such a blow that your heads will be separated from your bodies, and that blow will make a friend forget his friend.”Sayyiduna ‘Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Ibn Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him): O Ibn Rawahah! You are reciting poetry ahead of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the sanctuary of Allah? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“O ‘Umar! Leave him. These verses are falling upon those disbelievers more swiftly and severely than arrows.”

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I have attended the gathering of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) more than a hundred times. In the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) would recite poetry to each other and remind each other of some things from the days of ignorance, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would remain silent. Sometimes, upon hearing their conversations, he would also smile with them.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best verse ever recited by the Arabs is the saying of Labid: «ألا كل شيء ما خلا الله باطل» , Beware! Everything besides Allah Almighty is false (perishable)."

Umrah bin Shuraid narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Shuraid bin Suwaid (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I was sitting behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a mount, and I recited to him one hundred couplets of poetry by Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt al-Thaqafi. Whenever I recited a verse, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "Recite more." When I had completed one hundred verses, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He was close to becoming a Muslim."

It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would have a pulpit placed in the mosque for Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), upon which he would stand and express pride on behalf of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or she says that he would defend the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And during this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would say, "As long as Hassan continues to express pride on behalf of the Messenger of Allah or defends him, Allah Almighty will continue to help him through the Holy Spirit (Jibreel Amin, peace be upon him)."