The truest word uttered by a poet is this verse of Labid: "Behold! apart from Allah everything is vain," and Umayya b. Abu Salt was almost a Muslim.
Sahih Muslim Book 41, Hadith 4
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Sahih Muslim Book 41, Hadith 5