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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالرَّمْيِ وَتَعْلِيمِهِ إِذْ هُوَ مِنْ سُنَّةِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

ibnhibban:4693Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani so-andso," meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "What has happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-andso?" He said, "Throw for I am with all of you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3507)  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ بِالسُّوقِ فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ لِأَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ» فَأَمْسَكُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكُمُ ارْمُوا» قَالُوا كَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ؟ قَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلُّكُمْ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3373Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥātim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The Prophet ﷺ passed by some persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing archery (i.e. the throwing of arrows) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O offspring of Ishmael! Practice archery (i.e. arrow throwing) as your father was a great archer (i.e. arrow-thrower). I am with (on the side of) the son of so-and-so-." Hearing that, one of the two teams stopped throwing. Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them, ' Why are you not throwing?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! How shall we throw when you are with the opposite team?" He said, "Throw, for I am with you all."  

البخاري:٣٣٧٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ ؓ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَنْتَضِلُونَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ قَالَ فَأَمْسَكَ أَحَدُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَكُمْ لاَ تَرْمُونَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ  

bukhari:3507Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani so-andso," meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "What has happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-andso?" He said, "Throw for I am with all of you."  

البخاري:٣٥٠٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ ؓ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ بِالسُّوقِ فَقَالَ ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ لأَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَأَمْسَكُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا لَهُمْ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ قَالَ ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ  

bukhari:2899ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The Prophet ﷺ passed by some people of the tribe of Bani Aslam who were practicing archery. The Prophet said, "O Bani Ismaʿil ! Practice archery as your father Ismaʿil was a great archer. Keep on throwing arrows and I am with Bani so-and-so." So one of the parties ceased throwing. Allah's Apostle said, "Why do you not throw?" They replied, "How should we throw while you are with them (i.e. on their side)?" On that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Throw, and I am with all of you."  

البخاري:٢٨٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ الأَكْوَعِ ؓ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَنْتَضِلُونَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ قَالَ فَأَمْسَكَ أَحَدُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَكُمْ لاَ تَرْمُونَ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ارْمُوا فَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ  

ahmad:16528Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani so-andso," meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "What has happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-andso?" He said, "Throw for I am with all of you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3507)  

أحمد:١٦٥٢٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ وَهُمْ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ ارْمُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ لِأَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَأَمْسَكُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَقَالَ ارْمُوا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ؟ قَالَ ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلُّكُمْ  

hakim:2465Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAlqamah > al-Ḥasan b. Ḥalīm al-Marwazī > Abū al-Muwajjih > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ went out with a group of Muslims and they came across some people throwing stones. He said, "Throw stones at the family of Ismail, for your father used to throw stones. Throw and I will be with the son of Adra'." The people hesitated and said, "O Messenger of Allah, who were you with that you were defeated?" He said, "Throw, and I am with all of you." This is based on the condition of being a Muslim.  

الحاكم:٢٤٦٥أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَلِيمٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَوْمٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَرْمُونَ فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَدْرَعِ» فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ قِسِيِّهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ كُنْتَ مَعَهُ غَلَبَ قَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ» على شرط مسلم  

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الْمُنَاضَلَةِ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهَا مَرْمَى

ibnhibban:4694Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani so-andso," meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "What has happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-andso?" He said, "Throw for I am with all of you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3507)  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ بِالسُّوقِ فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ» لِأَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَأَمْسَكُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكُمُ ارْمُوا» قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ؟ قَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلُّكُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ اسْمِ الرُّمَاةِ الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ

ibnhibban:4695Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Mūsá al-Zamin > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ went out and a group of people accepted Islam. He said, "Throw (stones) at the Banu Isma'il, for your father was a skilled archer. Throw, and I am with the son of al-Adra." So the people restrained themselves and said, "Who were you with? He defeated you." He said, "Throw, and I am with all of you."  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى الزَّمِنُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَسْلَمُ يَرْمُونَ فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَدْرَعِ» فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ قِسِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا مَنْ كُنْتَ مَعَهُ غَلَبَ قَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلُّكُمْ»  

tabarani:6292Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Qazzāz > al-Qaʿnabī > Ḥātim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

[Machine] Al-Qa'ni narrated, Hatim narrated from Yazid ibn Abi 'Ubayd, who narrated from Salamah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a group of Muslims who were shooting arrows with inaccuracy. He said, 'Shoot, O offspring of Isma'il! Your father was also an archer. Shoot, and I am with the group of so-and-so.' One of the two groups took hold of their arrows and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them, 'Why are you not shooting?' They replied, 'We are shooting, O Messenger of Allah, while you are with them?' He said, 'Shoot, and I am with all of you.'"  

الطبراني:٦٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقَزَّازُ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا حَاتِمٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِنَفَرٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَنْتَضِلُونَ فَقَالَ «ارْمُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُوكُمْ رَامِيًا ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ» فَأَمْسَكَ أَحَدُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْمُونَ؟» قَالُوا نَرْمِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُمْ؟ قَالَ «ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ»  

tabarani:2989al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Maʿmarī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Bakrī > Sulaymān b. Rāshid al-Naṣrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAmr al-Aslamī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the Muslims, "Throw, O sons of Ismael, for indeed your father was a thrower." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "And I am with Mihjan bin Adhra." So the people held back and said, "What is wrong with you?" They said, "For whoever you are with has already prevailed." He said, "So throw, and I am with all of you."  

الطبراني:٢٩٨٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمَعْمَرِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْبَكْرِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ النَّصْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَسْلَمِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِلْأَسْلَمِيِّينَ «ارْمُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَأَنَا مَعَ مِحْجَنِ بْنِ الْأَذْرَعِ» فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ قَالَ «مَا لَكُمْ؟» قَالُوا مَنْ كُنْتَ مَعَهُ فَقَدْ غَلَبَ قَالَ «فَارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ»  

bayhaqi:19754Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿUbdūs > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > Abū Saʿd al-Zāhid from my father

Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani so-andso," meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "What has happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-andso?" He said, "Throw for I am with all of you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3507)   

البيهقي:١٩٧٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الزَّاهِدُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ بُنْدَارٍ الصُّوفِيُّ أنبأ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ ؓ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ بِالسُّوقِ فَقَالَ ارْمُوا يَا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا وَأَنَا مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ لِأَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَأَمْسَكُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ قَالَ مَا لَكُمُ؟ ارْمُوا قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ نَرْمِي وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ؟ قَالَ ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلُّكُمْ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ
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السيوطي:٣٠٠٠a

"ارمُوا بنى إِسْماعيلَ، فإنَّ أباكُم كانَ راميًا، وارمُوا وأنا مع بنى فلان، قالوا: كيفَ نرمى وأنْتَ معهم؟ ، قال: ارموا وأنا معكم كلكم".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [حب] ابن حبّان عن سلمة بن الأكوع [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن أبي هريرة