27. Book of the Companions

٢٧۔ كِتَابُ مَعْرِفَةِ الصَّحَابَةِ ؓ

27.137 [Machine] The virtues of Abu Amrah al-Ansari

٢٧۔١٣٧ ذِكْرُ مَنَاقِبِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ

hakim:5689ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbādah b. Ziyādah al-Asadī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh al-ʿAzramī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah b. Yazīd b. Rukānah > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥanafiyyah

[Machine] I saw Abu 'Amrah al-Ansari on the day of Siffin. He participated in the battles of Badr, Uhud, and he was fasting. He was feeling extremely thirsty and he said to his servant, "Oh you there, give me water." Then he shot an arrow and he barely managed to remove it, so he shot three more arrows. Then he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever shoots an arrow for the sake of Allah, whether it reaches its target or not, will have a light from that arrow on the Day of Judgment.'" He was killed before sunset.  

الحاكم:٥٦٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ زِيَادَةَ الْأَسَدِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَزْرَمِيُّ ثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَمْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا عَقَبِيًّا أُحُدِيًّا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ يَلْتَوِي مِنَ الْعَطَشِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِغُلَامٍ لَهُ «وَيْحَكَ رُشَّنِي فَرَشَّهُ الْغُلَامُ» ثُمَّ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فَنَزَعَ نَزْعًا ضَعِيفًا حَتَّى رَمَى بِثَلَاثَةِ أَسْهُمٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مِنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَلَغَ أَوْ قَصَّرَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ السَّهْمِ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقُتِلَ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ