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ibnhibban:7175Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] "We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Hudaybiyah, then we returned to Madinah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best of our cavalry today is Abu Qatadah, and the best of our foot soldiers today is Salamah ibn al-Akwa.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me the arrow of the horsemen and the arrow of the foot soldiers."  

ابن حبّان:٧١٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَدِمْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا رَاجِعِينَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ فُرْسَانِنَا الْيَوْمَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ وَخَيْرُ رَجَّالَتِنَا الْيَوْمَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ» ثُمَّ أَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَهْمَ الْفَارِسِ وَسَهْمَ الرَّاجِلِ