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ahmad:17337ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Zayd b. Sallām

[Machine] I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: "Yes, I heard him say that Allah admits three people into Paradise because of a single arrow. The companion who has good intentions and expectations for his good deed, the one who prepares it (arrow) in the way of Allah, and the one who throws it in the way of Allah. He also said: 'Throw and ride, and if you throw, it is better than riding.' And he said: 'Everything that the son of Adam plays with is vain except for three: his archery, training his horse, and playing with his family. For indeed, they are from the truth.' He said: 'Then Uqbah passed away and he had sixty-two or sixty-seven bows, with each bow having a quiver and a collar, and he advised them in the way of Allah.' 17338 narrated to us Yazid bin Harun, who said: Hisham narrated to us from Yahya, from Abu Salam, from Abdullah bin Azraq, from Uqbah bin Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Verily, Allah admits three people into Paradise because of a single arrow.' And he mentioned the rest of the hadith.  

أحمد:١٧٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَزْرَقِ قَالَكَانَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ يَخْرُجُ فَيَرْمِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَكَانَ يَسْتَتْبِعُهُ فَكَأَنَّهُ كَادَ أَنْ يَمَلَّ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ مَا

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَاحِبَهُ الَّذِي يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالَّذِي يُجَهِّزُ بِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالَّذِي يَرْمِي بِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَقَالَ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَإِنْ تَرْمُوا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَقَالَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْهُو بِهِ ابْنُ آدَمَ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ إِلَّا ثَلَاثًا رَمْيَهُ عَنْ قَوْسِهِ وَتَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتَهُ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ قَالَ فَتُوُفِّيَ عُقْبَةُ وَلَهُ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ قَوْسًا مَعَ كُلِّ قَوْسٍ قَرْنٌ وَنَبْلٌ وَأَوْصَى بِهِنَّ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ 17338 حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَزْرَقِأَنَّ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةً الْجَنَّةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  


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bayhaqi:20975[Chain 1] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd / Ibn Mazyad from my father > Ibn Jābir [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān Wasaʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Sallām > Khālid b. Zayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me this, or I say to you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed, Allah admits three people into paradise through a single arrow: the one who crafted it, the one who shot it, and the one who handed it to him. So, shoot and ride (the horse), and if you shoot, it is more beloved to me than riding. There are only three things that discipline a man: training his horse, playing with his wife, and practicing archery. And whoever abandons archery after knowing its benefits, then he has rejected a blessing.' The narration of Al-Walid ibn Mazid, number 20976, informed us Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz and Abu Saeed ibn Abu Amr, they both said: Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Yaqub narrated to us, narrated by Yahya ibn Abi Talib, informed by Abdul Wahab ibn Ata, informed by Hisham Al-Dastawai, said by Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salam, from Abdullah ibn Yazid Al-Azraq, that Uqbah ibn Amir Al-Juhani said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' and he mentioned the narration in its meaning. He said, 'And everything that a man indulges in except for shooting his arrows, disciplining his horse, and playing with his wife, is void. For they are from the truth. And whoever abandons archery after knowing its benefits, then he has disbelieved in what he knew.' The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said like this in my book Abdullah ibn Yazid, and others narrated from Hisham, from Abdullah ibn Zaid Al-Azraq."  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَزْيَدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ جَابِرٍ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَّامٍ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا رَامِيًا فَكَانَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يَدْعُونِي فَيَقُولُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا يَا خَالِدُ نَرْمِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ تَعَالَ أُحَدِّثُكَ مَا

حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ أَقُولُ لَكَ مَا قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنَبِّلَهُ فَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَإِنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَنَبْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عَلِمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزَيْدَ 20976 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أنبأ هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَزْرَقِ أَنَّ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْهُو بِهِ الرَّجُلُ بَاطِلٌ إِلَّا رَمْيَ الرَّجُلِ بِقَوْسِهِ وَتَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتَهُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عَلِمَهُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِي عَلِمَهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ كَذَا فِي كِتَابِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَزْرَقِ