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tabarani:16692Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Badr, when we lined up for battle, "If they outnumber you, then throw them with arrows."  

الطبراني:١٦٦٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ حِينَ صَفَفَنَا لِلْقِتَالِ «إِنْ أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ»  


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bukhari:2900Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd from his father

On the day (of the battle) of Badr when we stood in rows against (the army of) Quraish and they stood in rows against us, the Prophet ﷺ said, "When they do come near you, throw arrows at them."  

البخاري:٢٩٠٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ حِينَ صَفَفْنَا لِقُرَيْشٍ وَصَفُّوا لَنَا إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ  

abudawud:2664Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Isḥāq b. Najīḥ And Lays Bi-al-Malṭī > Mālik b. Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī from his father from his grandfather

The Prophet ﷺ said at the battle of Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do not draw swords at them until they come near you.  

أبو داود:٢٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْمَلْطِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ وَلاَ تَسُلُّوا السُّيُوفَ حَتَّى يَغْشَوْكُمْ  

hakim:4303Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Badr, when we lined up for battle against the Quraysh and they lined up against us, "When they overpower you, throw at them with stones."  

الحاكم:٤٣٠٣أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ حِينَ صُفِفْنَا لِلْقِتَالِ لِقُرَيْشٍ وَصُفُّوا لَنَا «إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
bayhaqi:18476Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Isḥāq b. Najīḥ And Lays Bi-al-Malṭī > Mālik b. Ḥamzah b. Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī from his father from his grandfather

The Prophet ﷺ said at the battle of Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do not draw swords at them until they come near you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2664)   

البيهقي:١٨٤٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْمَلْطِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِذَا أَكْثَبُوكُمْ فَارْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ وَلَا تَسُلُّوا السُّيُوفَ حَتَّى يَغْشَوْكُمْ  

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"عَنْ أَبِى أَسِيد السَّاعِدِىِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ حِينَ صَفَفْنَا لِقُرَيْش وَصَفُّوا لَنَا: إِذَا أكْثبوكمْ فَارْمُوهمْ بِالنَّبْلِ".  

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