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abudawud:2663Aḥmad b. Sinān > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sulaymān b. al-Ghasīl > Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd from his father

Abu Usaid reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying to us at the battle of Badr when he drew up in rows. When they came near you, shoot arrows at them, but do not use all your arrows.  

أبو داود:٢٦٦٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ اصْطَفَفْنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ يَعْنِي إِذَا غَشُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ وَاسْتَبْقُوا نَبْلَكُمْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3984ʿAbd

On the day of Badr, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, "When the enemy comes near to you, shoot at them but use your arrows sparingly (so that your arrows should not be wasted).  

البخاري:٣٩٨٤حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ وَالزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ وَاسْتَبْقُوا نَبْلَكُمْ  

bukhari:3985Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd And al-Mundhir b. Abū Usayd > Abū Usayd

On the day of (the battle of) Badr, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, "When your enemy comes near to you (i.e. overcome you by sheer number), shoot at them but use your arrows sparingly."  

البخاري:٣٩٨٥حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ وَالْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ يَعْنِي كَثَرُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ وَاسْتَبْقُوا نَبْلَكُمْ  

abudawud:2664Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Isḥāq b. Najīḥ And Lays Bi-al-Malṭī > Mālik b. Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī from his father from his grandfather

The Prophet ﷺ said at the battle of Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do not draw swords at them until they come near you.  

أبو داود:٢٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْمَلْطِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ وَلاَ تَسُلُّوا السُّيُوفَ حَتَّى يَغْشَوْكُمْ  

ahmad:16060Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > ʿAbbās b. Sahl or Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd from his father > Lammā al-Taqaynā Naḥn And al-Qawm Yawm Badr

[Machine] "When we met with the enemy on the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'On that day, when they deceive you, that is, when they try to deceive you, throw them with stones.' And I saw him saying, 'And compete with each other in throwing stones.'"  

أحمد:١٦٠٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ أَوْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَالْقَوْمُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَنَا إِذَا كَثَبُوكُمْ يَعْنِي غَشُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ وَأُرَاهُ قَالَ وَاسْتَبْقُوا نَبْلَكُمْ  

hakim:2471Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Salamah > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > al-ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd from his father > Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī from his father > Lammā al-Taqaynā Naḥn And al-Qawm Yawm Badr

[Machine] Abu said: When we met the people on the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, "If they throw at you with stones, then throw with nobility and excel in your nobility."  

الحاكم:٢٤٧١أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَا لَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَالْقَوْمُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كَثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوا بِالنَّبْلِ وَاسْتَبْقُوا نَبْلَكُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ أخرجه البخاري وهو على شرط مسلم أيضا
bayhaqi:18476Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Isḥāq b. Najīḥ And Lays Bi-al-Malṭī > Mālik b. Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī from his father from his grandfather

The Prophet ﷺ said at the battle of Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do not draw swords at them until they come near you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2664)   

البيهقي:١٨٤٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْمَلْطِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ وَلَا تَسُلُّوا السُّيُوفَ حَتَّى يَغْشَوْكُمْ  

suyuti:1351a

On the day of Badr, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, "When the enemy comes near to you, shoot at them but use your arrows sparingly (so that your arrows should not be wasted). (Using translation from Bukhārī 3984)   

السيوطي:١٣٥١a

"إذا أكْثَبُوكُمْ فارمُوهم بالنَّبْلِ، واسْتَبقُوا نَبْلَكُم"  

ح، [د] أبو داود عنه، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عنه وعن سهل بن سعد معًا