Abstract
The Attitude of the Prophet against the Non-Muslim Poets
The poetry had very significant place among the Arabs,
where Muhammad was sent as a prophet and the Arabs
paid great attention to the poets. Hz. Muhammad also gave
much importance to the poets and he was very happy when
one of them was a Muslim. The reasons for this gladness
were actually two. By their poetry, they would help the
Muslims both to spread Islam and to preserve their selfconfidence
by responding satire.
In this article, non-Muslim poets are examined under
two main headings. At first, when the Prophet began to tell
Islam, in the first years of prophethood, his attitudes
towards the poets of the Cahiliyye (ignorant period), many
of which were not alive but whose poetry was read among
the Arabs, were examined. Secondly, his attitude towards
the infidel poets attacking Muslims with their poems was
tried to be examined
When we closely look at the attitude towards the non-
Muslim poets of the Prophet, it is realized that he did not
touched any poet unless himself and Islam are attacked. For
him two issues were highly important: To insult Islam and
Muslims, to praise and encourage sins. It was these two
issues that he could not accept. He never criticized to
poems not insulting and not praising sin. He even liked and praised poems that encouraged morality even if written
by infidel poets.
Keywords
Prophet Muhammed, Ignorent (Cahiliyya Period), Islam and poem.