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ahmad:18065 – Yā Kaʿb b. Murrah

[Machine] Narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and be cautious, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever throws an arrow in the cause of Allah, it is as if he has freed a slave."  

أحمد:١٨٠٦٥ – قَالَ يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مُرَّةَ

حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاحْذَرْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِيسَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ تَفُضُّلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَلَى مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ بِكَتْبِهِ أَجْرَ رَقَبَةٍ لَوْ أَعْتَقَهَا لَهُ

ibnhibban:4614 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Shuraḥbīl b. al-Simṭ > Kaʿb b. Murrah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allahﷺ saying, "Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah, it is as if he has freed a slave."  

ابن حبّان:٤٦١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً»  

bayhaqi:18511 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá al-Ḥīrī > Musaddad b. Qaṭan > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Shuraḥbīl b. al-Simṭ > Qulnā Likaʿb b. Murrah al-Sulamī Ḥaddithnā Wāḥdhar

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever goes gray in Islam will have a light on the Day of Judgment, and whoever throws an arrow in the cause of Allah is like freeing a slave."  

البيهقي:١٨٥١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْحِيرِيُّ ثنا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ قَطَنٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ قَالَ قُلْنَا لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ السُّلَمِيِّ ؓ حَدِّثْنَا وَاحْذَرْ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَ كَعِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ