Hadith #259
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ الرَّمْيَ إِذَا خَرَجَ خَرَجَ بِي مَعَهُ فَدَعَانِي يَوْمًا فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ تَعَالَ أَقُولُ لَكَ مَا قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى ا
للَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا حَدَّثَنِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ الْمُحْتَسِبَ فِي صَنَعْتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ وَقَالَ ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَلَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنْ اللَّهْوِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثٌ تَأْدِيبُ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتُهُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيُهُ بِقَوْسِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عُلِّمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ تَرَكَهَا
Isnad Chain
أبو اليمان
إسماعيل بن عياش
عبد الرحمن بن يزيد
أبي سلام
خالد بن زيد الأنصاري
English Translation
Khālid ibn Zayd al-Anṣārī narrated: I was with ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir al-Juhanī, and he was a man who loved archery. Whenever he went out, he took me with him. One day he called me and I was slow in coming, so he said: "Come, let me tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me." He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Allah admits three people to Paradise by a single arrow: its maker who intends good in its making, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it to him. So shoot and ride, and that you shoot is more beloved to me than that you ride. The only amusements that are not futile are three: a man training his horse, a man playing with his wife, and a man shooting with his bow. And whoever abandons archery after having learned it out of aversion to it, it is a blessing he has abandoned."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 259
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16697
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53087