Khushal khankhattak is remarkably celebrated figure in
the realm of Pashto poetry. He is made a profound study
of Islam which left indelible imprints of his poetry. It
was his extensive and deep study of Islam that invested
his poetry with a sublime purpose and message. This
research article is an attempt to collect those verses from
his poetry which either directly narrate a hadith or allude
to a hadith or give a poetic paraphrase of a hadith. For
brevity’s sake only leading examples have been culled
and the rest have been left out.
