[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."  

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