Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id al-Thaqafi narrated to us: Layth narrated to us, from Ibn al-Had, from Yuhannis, the freed slave of Mus‘ab ibn al-Zubayr, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: While we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at al-‘Arj, a poet appeared reciting verses. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Seize the devil—or hold back the devil. For a man's belly to be filled with pus is better for him than to be filled with poetry."