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hakim:2470 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Rijāl from Ahl al-ʿIlm Minhum ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Qāsim Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever shoots an arrow at the enemy and his arrow reaches the enemy, whether it hits him or not, that is equivalent to him freeing a slave.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2812)  

الحاكم:٢٤٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ رَمَى الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ فَبَلَغَ سَهْمُهُ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ فَعَدَلَ رَقَبَةً»  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2812 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever shoots an arrow at the enemy and his arrow reaches the enemy, whether it hits him or not, that is equivalent to him freeing a slave.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ رَمَى الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ فَبَلَغَ سَهْمُهُ الْعَدُوَّ أَصَابَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ فَيَعْدِلُ رَقَبَةً  

bayhaqi:18510 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Rijāl from Ahl al-ʿIlm Minhum ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Qāsim a freed slave of ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever shoots an arrow at the enemy and his arrow reaches the enemy, whether it hits him or not, that is equivalent to him freeing a slave.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2812)   

البيهقي:١٨٥١٠ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنبأ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ رَمَى الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ فَبَلَغَ سَهْمُهُ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ فَعِدْلُ رَقَبَةٍ  

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السيوطي:٢١٦٢١a –

"مَنْ رَمَى الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَبَلَغَ سَهْمُهُ الْعَدُوَّ أَصَابَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ فَعَدْلُ رَقَبَةٍ".  

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