Shama'il al-Muhammadiya 236

Jabir ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) says, I attended the assemblies of Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than a hundred times, wherein the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with him)m recited poetry and related stories of the Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era). Messenger of Allah ﷺ silently listened to them (and did not forbid them). At times he smiled with them

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: جَالَسْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ، وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَتَنَاشَدُونَ الشِّعْرَ، وَيَتَذَاكَرُونَ أَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَهُوَ سَاكِتٌ وَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ مَعَهُمْ.