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not so. The Prophet said: If a man bears witness that another is an unbeliever, "jt reverts to one of them. If he is really an unbeliever, he becomes so. If he is really not an unbeliever, the man who calls him an unbeliever becomes himself an unbeliever. The Prophet said-' 1 prohibit you to rebuke a Muslim or to be disobedient to a just ruler; and to rebuke a dead man is heinous. The Prophet said:
Don't abuse the dead, as what they sentin advance reached them.
The Prophet said: Don't abuse the dead. Those who are alive are troubled for that. He said: O people, save men in respect of my companions, my brethren and my parents. Don't abuse them. O people, when a man dies, narrate his good deeds.

(9) Songs and poetries: Another harm of tongue is songs and poetries. The good poetry is good and the bad of poetry is bad.
The Prophet said: It is better to fill up the belly of a man with pus then to fill it up with poetry. In short, poetry is not unlawful if it does not contain evil or indecent words, as the Prophet said:
There is wisdom in some poetry. The Prophet appointed the poet Hasan-b-Sabet to attack the polytheists and to praise Islam.
Hazrat Ayesha narrated: One day the Prophet was sewing his shoes and I was seated by his side and eating bread, i noticed that sweat was coming out of his forehead and it was sparkling like jewels. He got tired and said to me: You have become tired. I said:
0 Prophet of God, I noticed at you and saw that from your forehead sweat was coming out and it was sparkling like jewels.
Had the poet Abu Kabir Hazli seen you in this condition, he would have taken you as fit for his poetry. The Prophet said: O Ayesha, what does he say? I said: He composed these two verses:

Praised one is free from menses,

suckling and other diseases,

It seems that her face sheds

luster of lightning.

The Prophet kept what he had in his hand and kissed the forehead of Ayesha and said: God bless you You have not been pleased with me in proportion to what I have been pleased with you. When the Prophet divided the booties of Hunain after the battle, he gave 4 camels to poet Abbas Merdas. He went away with a protest and demanded more through poetry:

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Merdas's mind was not troubled at Badr and Siege, he was satisfied with whathegotatboth.
But he returns to-day with a painful heart.

The Prophet ordered for him 100 camels and asked him: Do you talk by poetry? He said: I roam in poetries like ants and they sting me like the sting of ants. I can't keep but recite poetry. The Prophet smiled at his words and said: This desert Arab will not give up poetry till he gives up the camels of Hunain.