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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

ʿĀmir al-Juhanī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while he was on the pulpit, recite: “And prepare against them whatever force you can” [Q 8:60]. Truly, force is in archery; truly, force is in archery; truly, force is in archery.” Narrated by Muslim.

1341 – From him, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Territories will be opened up for you and Allah will suffice you; so let no one of you fail to entertain himself with his arrows.” Narrated by Muslim.

1342 – And from him: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever has learned archery and then abandons it is not one of us—or, in another wording, ‘has indeed disobeyed.’” Narrated by Muslim.

1343 – He further related: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declare, “Allah admits three people into Paradise by means of a single arrow: its maker, who seeks goodness in its making; the one who shoots it; and the one who hands it to the archer. Shoot and ride, yet shooting is dearer to me than riding. Whoever abandons archery after learning it out of disinterest has forsaken a blessing”—or he said: “has shown ingratitude for it.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd (1).

1344 – Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: The Prophet ﷺ passed by a group competing with arrows (2) and said, “Shoot, O sons of Ishmael, for your forefather was an archer.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

1345 – ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ state, “Whoever shoots an arrow in the path of Allah will have a reward equivalent (3) to freeing a slave.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who said: a sound and fair ḥadīth (4).

1346 – Abū Yaḥyā Khuraym ibn Fātik, may Allah be pleased with him, related: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said—

(1) I have stated that its isnad (chain of transmission) is weak, as I showed in Takhrij Fiqh al-Sirah, p. 225. —N. (2) That is, they would compete by shooting arrows at one another. (3) Meaning: for example; and al-muharrara denotes an emancipated slave. (4) This is the exact wording recorded by al-Tirmidhi; see Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi (abridged isnad), no. 1326, 2/124, and Sahih Sunan Ibn Majah (abridged isnad), no. 2268, 2/132.

عامر الْجُهَنِيِّ رضي الله عنه ، قال : سَمِعْتُ رسول الله ﷺ ، وهو على الْمِنْبَرِ يقول : « ﴿ وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ ﴾ ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْقُوَّةَ الرَّمْيُ ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْقُوَّةَ الرَّمْيُ ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْقُوَّةَ الرَّمْيُ » رواه مسلم . ١٣٤١ - وعنه قال : سَمِعْتُ رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « سَتُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَرْضُونَ ، وَيَكْفِيكُمُ اللهُ ، فَلَا يَعْجَزْ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَلْهَوَ بِأَسْهُمِهِ » رواه مسلم . ١٣٤٢ - وعنه أنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « مَنْ عَلَّمَ الرَّمْيَ ، ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ ، فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا ، أَوْ « فَقَدْ عَصَى » رواه مسلم . ١٣٤٣ - وعنه رضي الله عنه قال : سَمِعْتُ رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « إِنَّ اللهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ : صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ ، وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ ، وَمُنْبِلَهُ . وَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا ، وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا . وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَ مَا عَلَّمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ تَرَكَهَا » أَوْ قَالَ : « كَفَرَهَا » رواه أبو داود(١) . ١٣٤٤ - وعن سلمة بن الأكوع رضي الله عنه ، قال : مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ، عَلَى نَفَرٍ يَنْتَضِلُونَ(٢) ، فقال : « ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا » رواه البخاري . ١٣٤٥ - وعن عمرو بن عبسة رضي الله عنه قال : سَمِعْتُ رسول الله ﷺ ، يقول : « مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ عَدْلٌ(٣) مُحَرَّرَةٌ » رواه أبو داود ، والترمذي وقال : حديث حسن صحيح(٤) . ١٣٤٦ - وعن أبي يحيى خُرَيْم بن فاتك رضي الله عنه ، قال : قال

(١) قلت : في إسناده ضعف كما بينته في « تخريج فقه السيرة » (ص ٢٢٥) - ن - . (٢) أي : يترامون بالسهام للسبق . (٣) يعني : مثل و(المحررة) : الرقبة المعتقة . (٤) وهذا لفظ الترمذي انظر « صحيح سنن الترمذي - باختصار السند » رقم ١٣٢٦ - ٢ / ١٢٤ و « صحيح سنن ابن ماجه - باختصار السند » رقم ٢٢٦٨ - ٢ / ١٣٢ .