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ahmad:17335Abū al-Yamān > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Sallām > Khālid b. Zayd al-Anṣārī

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah, Most High, will cause three persons to enter Paradise for one arrow: the maker when he has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is dearer to me than your riding. Everything with which a man amuses himself is vain except three (things): a man's training of his horse, his playing with his wife, and his shooting with his bow and arrow. If anyone abandons archery after becoming an adept through distaste for it, it is a blessing he has abandoned; or he said: for which he has been ungrateful. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2513)   

أحمد:١٧٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ الرَّمْيَ إِذَا خَرَجَ خَرَجَ بِي مَعَهُ فَدَعَانِي يَوْمًا فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ تَعَالَ أَقُولُ لَكَ مَا قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا حَدَّثَنِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ الْمُحْتَسِبَ فِي صَنَعْتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ وَقَالَ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَلَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُامْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عُلِّمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ تَرَكَهَا  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:3578al-Ḥasan b. Ismāʿīl b. Mujālid > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Salāam al-Dimashqī > Khālid b. Yazīd al-Juhanī

"Uqbah bin 'Amir used to pass by me and say: 'O Khalid, let us go out and shoot arrows.' One day I came late and he said: 'O Khalid, come and I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah said.' So I went to him and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: Allah will admit three people to Paradise because of one arrow: The one who makes it seeking good thereby, the one who shoots it and the one who hands it to him. So shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. And play is only in three things: A man training his horse, and playing with his wife, and shooting with his bow and arrow. Whoever gives up shooting after learning it because he is no longer interested in it, that is a blessing for which he is ungrateful -or that he has rejected.'"  

النسائي:٣٥٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُجَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلاَّمٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يَمُرُّ بِي فَيَقُولُ يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُخْبِرْكَ بِمَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلاَثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صُنْعِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنَبِّلَهُ وَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ اللَّهْوُ إِلاَّ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ تَأْدِيبِ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلاَعَبَتِهِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيِهِ بِقَوْسِهِ وَنَبْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْىَ بَعْدَ مَا عَلِمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا أَوْ قَالَ كَفَرَ بِهَا  

abudawud:2513Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Salāam > Khālid b. Zayd > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah, Most High, will cause three persons to enter Paradise for one arrow: the maker when he has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is dearer to me than your riding. Everything with which a man amuses himself is vain except three (things): a man's training of his horse, his playing with his wife, and his shooting with his bow and arrow. If anyone abandons archery after becoming an adept through distaste for it, it is a blessing he has abandoned; or he said: for which he has been ungrateful.  

أبو داود:٢٥١٣حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلاَثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ وَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا لَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهْوِ إِلاَّ ثَلاَثٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلاَعَبَتُهُ أَهْلَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَنَبْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْىَ بَعْدَ مَا عَلِمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ تَرَكَهَا أَوْ قَالَ كَفَرَهَا  

tirmidhi:1637aAḥmad b. Manīʿ > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Ḥusayn

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, Allah will surely admit three into Paradise by a single arrow. Its maker who seeks good by his making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who holds arrows for him." And he said: "Practice archery and practice riding, and the you should practice archery is more beloved to me than that you should ride. All idle pastimes that the Muslim man engages in are falsehood, except for his shooting of his bow, his training of his horse, and his playing with his wife, for they are from truth."  

الترمذي:١٦٣٧aحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلاَثَةً الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَالْمُمِدَّ بِهِ وَقَالَ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَلأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا كُلُّ مَا يَلْهُو بِهِ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ بَاطِلٌ إِلاَّ رَمْيَهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَتَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلاَعَبَتَهُ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ  

ibnmajah:2811Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salāam > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Azraq > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī

“Allah will admit three people to Paradise by virtue of one arrow: The one who makes it, seeking reward by making it well; the one who shoots it; and the one who hands it to him.” And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. All things that a Muslim man does for entertainment are in vain except for shooting arrows, training his horse and playing with his wife, for these are things that bring reward.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨١١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَزْرَقِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ الثَّلاَثَةَ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَالْمُمِدَّ بِهِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَكُلُّ مَا يَلْهُو بِهِ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ بَاطِلٌ إِلاَّ رَمْيَهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَتَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلاَعَبَتَهُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ  

ahmad:17300Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Sallām > ʿAbdullāh al-Azraq > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī

“Allah will admit three people to Paradise by virtue of one arrow: The one who makes it, seeking reward by making it well; the one who shoots it; and the one who hands it to him.” And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. All things that a Muslim man does for entertainment are in vain except for shooting arrows, training his horse and playing with his wife, for these are things that bring reward.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2811)   

أحمد:١٧٣٠٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَزْرَقِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ الثَّلَاثَةَ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالْمُمِدَّ بِهِ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَقَالَ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْهُو بِهِ الرَّجُلُ بَاطِلٌ إِلَّا رَمْيَةَ الرَّجُلِ بِقَوْسِهِ وَتَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتَهُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَمَنْ نَسِيَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عُلِّمَهُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِي عُلِّمَهُ  

ahmad:17321Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > Abū Sallām > Khālid b. Zayd

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah, Most High, will cause three persons to enter Paradise for one arrow: the maker when he has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is dearer to me than your riding. Everything with which a man amuses himself is vain except three (things): a man's training of his horse, his playing with his wife, and his shooting with his bow and arrow. If anyone abandons archery after becoming an adept through distaste for it, it is a blessing he has abandoned; or he said: for which he has been ungrateful. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2513)   

أحمد:١٧٣٢١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَّامٍ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ عُقْبَةُ يَأْتِينِي فَيَقُولُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِي فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ تَثَاقَلْتُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةً الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ الْمُحْتَسِبَ فِيهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ فَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَلَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مَنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثٌ مُلَاعَبَةُ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَتَأْدِيبُهُ فَرَسَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَمَنْ عَلَّمَهُ اللهُ الرَّمْيَ فَتَرَكَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُفَنِعْمَةً كَفَرَهَا  

hakim:2467Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazīd al-Bayrūtī > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Sallām al-Aswad > Khālid b. Zayd > Kunt

[Machine] "O Khalid, come out with us so we can do some target practice. But I was slow in hitting it, so he said: 'O Khalid, come here, let me tell you something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, and I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed, Allah admits by only one arrow three people into Paradise: the maker who made it seeking good, the one who shoots it, and the one who says 'throw' and 'ride'. And if you throw it is dearer to me than you riding. And there are only three things from jesting: the discipline of a man through his horse, his playing with his wife, and throwing with his arrows away from his people. And whoever learns archery and then abandons it, it is a blessing that he has disowned.'"  

الحاكم:٢٤٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزِيدٍ الْبَيْرُوتِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ ثنا أَبُو سَلَّامٍ الْأَسْوَدُ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَامِيًا أُرَامِي عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ فَمَرَّ بِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ

يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِي فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُحَدِّثْكَ مَا حَدَّثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَقُولُ لَكَ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ الَّذِي احْتَسَبَ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرِ وَمُتَنَبِّلُهُ وَالرَّامِي ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَإِنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِنَبْلِهِ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ فَهِيَ نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ «وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ عَلَى هَذَا الِاخْتِصَارِ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ» صحيح

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

tabarani:15070Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá > Ḥaddath Abū Sallām > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Verily, Allah can admit a person into heaven with just one arrow. Its maker will have good intentions in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who guides it." He also said, "Throw and ride, and I prefer that you throw rather than ride. Everything that a person engages in for amusement is futile, except for his training with his horse, shooting arrows with his bow, and interacting with his spouse."  

الطبراني:١٥٠٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَ أَبُو سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ لَيُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَالْمُهْدِيَ بِهِ» وَقَالَ «ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْهُو بِهِ الرَّجُلُ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ إلَّا تَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ وَرَمْيَهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَمُلَاعَبَتَهُ امْرَأَتَهُ»  

خَالِدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

tabarani:15071[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh And Masʿadah b. Saʿd al-ʿAṭṭār > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr [Chain 3] Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād > Ibn al-Mubārak [Chain 4] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > al-Walīd b. Muslim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Sallām > Khālid b. Zayd

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah, Most High, will cause three persons to enter Paradise for one arrow: the maker when he has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is dearer to me than your riding. Everything with which a man amuses himself is vain except three (things): a man's training of his horse, his playing with his wife, and his shooting with his bow and arrow. If anyone abandons archery after becoming an adept through distaste for it, it is a blessing he has abandoned; or he said: for which he has been ungrateful. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2513)  

الطبراني:١٥٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ وَمَسْعَدَةُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَطَّارُ قَالَا ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَا ثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالُوا ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَّامٍ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا رَامِيًا فَكَانَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يَمُرُّ بِي فَيَقُولُ يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُحَدِّثْكَ بِمَا

حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ وَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عَلِمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا أَوْ تَرَكَهَا  

nasai-kubra:4404al-Ḥasan b. Ismāʿīl b. Sulaymān > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Salām al-Dimashqī > Khālid b. Zayd al-Juhanī

"Uqbah bin 'Amir used to pass by me and say: 'O Khalid, let us go out and shoot arrows.' One day I came late and he said: 'O Khalid, come and I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah said.' So I went to him and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: Allah will admit three people to Paradise because of one arrow: The one who makes it seeking good thereby, the one who shoots it and the one who hands it to him. So shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. And play is only in three things: A man training his horse, and playing with his wife, and shooting with his bow and arrow. Whoever gives up shooting after learning it because he is no longer interested in it, that is a blessing for which he is ungrateful -or that he has rejected.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3578)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَامٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ يَمُرُّ بِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ فَيَقُولُ يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُخْبِرْكَ مَا قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ فَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ اللهْوُ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ تَأْدِيبِ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتِهِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيِهِ بِقَوْسِهِ وَنَبْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عَلِمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا أَوْ قَالَ كَفَرَ بِهَا  

bayhaqi:19731Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad al-Bayrūtī > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Sallām al-Aswad > Khālid b. Zayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated to me, or I say to you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Allah admits into Paradise by a single arrow three individuals: the maker of the arrow, the one who sharpens it, and the one who shoots it. And throwing an arrow is more beloved to me than riding on a mount. And there are only three things from which there is no diversion from Allah: the training of a man on his horse, the playfulness of his wife, and his shooting with his arrows from his bow. And whoever learns how to shoot and then leaves it, then it is a grace that he has disbelieved in."  

البيهقي:١٩٧٣١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ الْبَيْرُوتِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ ثنا أَبُو سَلَّامٍ الْأَسْوَدُ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا رَامِيًا أُرَامِي عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ فَمَرَّ بِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِي فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُحَدِّثْكَ مَا

حَدَّثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ أَقُولُ لَكَ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ الَّذِي احْتَسَبَ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَمُنْبِلَهُ وَالرَّامِيَ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَإِنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِنَبْلِهِ عَنْ قَوْسِهِ وَمَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ فَهِيَ نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ وَالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مَزْيَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ
suyuti:5014a

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, Allah will surely admit three into Paradise by a single arrow. Its maker who seeks good by his making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who holds arrows for him." And he said: "Practice archery and practice riding, and the you should practice archery is more beloved to me than that you should ride. All idle pastimes that the Muslim man engages in are falsehood, except for his shooting of his bow, his training of his horse, and his playing with his wife, for they are from truth." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1637)   

السيوطي:٥٠١٤a

"إِنَّ الله لَيُدْخِلُ بالسَّهُمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثلاثَةً الْجَنَّةَ: صَانِعَه يَحْتَسِبُ في صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيرَ، والرَّامِي بهِ، والْمُمِدَّ بِه، ارْمُوا وارْكَبُوا، وَلأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِليَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكبُوا، كُلُّ مَا يَلْهُو بِه الرَّجلُ الْمُسلِمُ بَاطِلٌ إلا رَمْيَهُ بقَوْسِهِ، أَوْ تَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ، أَوْ مُلَاعَبَتَهُ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، ومَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ فَهِيَ نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَها".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن، [هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن عقبة بن عامر، [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ت] الترمذي عن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن أَبي حسين مرسلًا
suyuti:5256a

"Uqbah bin 'Amir used to pass by me and say: 'O Khalid, let us go out and shoot arrows.' One day I came late and he said: 'O Khalid, come and I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah said.' So I went to him and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: Allah will admit three people to Paradise because of one arrow: The one who makes it seeking good thereby, the one who shoots it and the one who hands it to him. So shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. And play is only in three things: A man training his horse, and playing with his wife, and shooting with his bow and arrow. Whoever gives up shooting after learning it because he is no longer interested in it, that is a blessing for which he is ungrateful -or that he has rejected.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3578)   

السيوطي:٥٢٥٦a

"إِنَّ الله تَعَالى يُدْخِلُ بالسَّهْم الْوَاحِدِ ثلاثَةِ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ: صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ في صَنْعَتِه الْخَيرَ، والرَّامِى به، ومُنَبِّلَهُ وارمُوا، واركَبُوا، وأنْ تَرْمُوا أحَبُّ إِليَّ مِنْ أن تَركَبُوا، لَيسَ مِنَ اللَّهو إلا ثَلاثٌ: تَأدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ، وَمُلاعَبَتُهُ أَهْلَهُ، ورَمْيُهُ بقَوْسِهِ ونَبْلهِ، وَمَنْ تَرَك الرَّمْى بَعْدَ ما عَلِمَهُ رغْبَةً عَنْهُ فإِنّها نِعْمَةٌ تَرَكها".  

[د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي عن عقبة بن عامر