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Bio: Jamil Buthayna
Jamil b. ´AbdAllah b. Ma´mar
(known as Jamil Buthayna)
b. in Hijaz – d. 82 H. in Misr
Tab links: Bio from Ibn Khalikan | Love and Poetry of Banu Udhra | Diwan | Isnad | عربي | من-قصص-العرب
Hadith: In Poetry is wisdom
Ibn Asakir relates, in his history of Damascus, that a person said to Jamil: “If you read the Qoran, it would be more profitable for you than composing poetry;” to which Jamil replied: “There is Anas Ibn Malik who tells me that the Blessed Prophet (s) said
‘إن من الشعر حكمة’