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suyuti:5-4b – Saʿd
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السيوطي:٥-٤b –

"عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: إِنِّى لأَوَّلُ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ رمَى بسَهْمٍ فِى سَبيلِ الله فِى الْغَزْوِ وَعِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة والحسن بن سفيان ، وأبو نعيم في المعرفة

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tabarani:10241 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī

[Machine] "The first to throw an arrow for the sake of Allah was Sa'd."  

الطبراني:١٠٢٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ سَعْدٌ»  

tabarani:1854 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Khālid al-Wālibī > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "The first person to throw an arrow in the cause of Allah was Sa'd."  

الطبراني:١٨٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ سَعْدٌ»  

tabarani:1855 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Muḥammad b. Abū ʿUbaydah from his father > al-Aʿmash > Abū Khālid al-Wālibī > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The first person to throw an arrow in the way of Allah was Saad.  

الطبراني:١٨٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ سَعْدٌ»