Hadith #94
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَن
َا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَوَّلُ الْعَرَبِ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ نَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا وَرَقَ الْحُبْلَةِ وَهَذَا السَّمُرَ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَنَا لَيَضَعُ كَمَا تَضَعُ الشَّاةُ مَالَهُ خِلْطٌ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَتْ بَنُو أَسَدٍ يُعَزِّرُونِي عَلَى الدِّينِ لَقَدْ خِبْتُ إِذَنْ وَضَلَّ عَمَلِي
Isnad Chain
يزيد بن هارون
English Translation
Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i heard Sa'd ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) saying: 'By Allah, 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 94
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1532
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-37922