حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ سِمَاکِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ جَالَسْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلی الله عليه وسلم أَکْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ وَکَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَتَنَاشَدُونَ الشِّعْرَ وَيَتَذَاکَرُونَ أَشْيَائَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَهُوَ سَاکِتٌ وَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ مَعَهُمْ
شمائل المحمدية / شمائل ترمزی · Hadith 233
Jabir ibn Samurah radiyallahu anhu says, “I attended the assemblies of Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam more than a hundred times, wherein the Sahaabah radiyallahu anhum recited poetry and related stories of the Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era). Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam silently listened to them (and did not forbid them). At times he smiled with them.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020