Hadith #45
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَوَّلُ الْعَرَبِ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَقَدْ أَتَيْنَا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ نَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا وَرَقَ الْحُبْلَةِ وَهَذَا السَّمُرَ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَنَا لَيَضَعُ كَمَا تَضَعُ الشَّاةُ مَا لَهُ خِلْطٌ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَتْ بَنُو أَسَدٍ يُعَزِّرُونِي عَلَى الدِّينِ لَقَدْ خِبْتُ إِذَنْ وَضَلَّ عَمَلِي
Isnad Chain
يحيى بن سعيد
English Translation
Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i heard Sa'd ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) saying: 'I was the first Arab to shoot an arrow in the cause of Allah. We used to go on expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when we had no food to eat except the leaves of the hublah tree and this samur tree, until one of us would relieve himself like sheep droppings with nothing mixed in. Then Banu Asad came to instruct me in religion! I would have indeed failed and gone astray.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 8, Hadith 45
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1483
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-37873