Al-FurūsiyyaIbn al-Qayyim

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As for archery competitions: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) attended them and gave his permission for them. Among all these forms (1) it is unquestionably the most noble and the most virtuous. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) practised it often. ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir, though an elderly man, used to walk back and forth between the two targets. Someone said to him, “Do you still do this even though you are old and it is hard for you?” He replied, “Had I not heard a statement from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), I would not persist in it. I heard him say, ‘Whoever learns archery and then abandons it is not one of us.’” In another wording: “has indeed disobeyed.” This was reported by the authors of the Sunan. (2)

The Sunan also narrate from ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “Allah will admit three people into Paradise because of a single arrow: the one who fashions it, seeking reward; the one who shoots it; and the one who passes it to the archer—in another version: ‘and the one who strings it.’ So practise archery and ride, yet my preference is that you practise archery rather than ride. Every amusement is futile, none

(1) In the copies labelled Kh and MaT the heading reads: “al-abwab” (Chapters). (2) I did not locate this exact wording in the Sunan collections. It is recorded only by Muslim in his Sahih (no. 1919) with the phrasing, “Whoever has learned archery and then abandoned it is not one of us, or he has disobeyed.” The same report is found in Abu Awana’s Mustakhraj (4:503, no. 2814) and in al-Qarrab’s Fada’il al-Ramy, no. 8, through the chain: Ibn Lahiʿa — Uthman ibn Naʿim al-Ruʿini — al-Mughira ibn Nuhaik — ʿUqba (marfuʿ): “Whoever learns archery and then leaves it has disobeyed me.” The isnad is weak because Ibn Lahiʿa is the sole transmitter and he is unreliable; moreover, al-Mughira ibn Nuhaik is unknown.
فصلٌ وأما النِّضال: فحضره رسول الله ﷺ وأذِنَ فيه، وهو أجلُّ هذه الأنواع (١) على الإطلاق وأفضلها، وكان الصَّحابة ﵃ يفعلونه كثيرًا، وكان عقبة بن عامر يختلف بين الغرضين وهو شيخ كبير، فقيل له: تفعل ذلك وأنت شيخ كبير يشقُّ عليك؟ فقال: لولا كلامٌ سمعتُه من رسول الله ﷺ لم أُعانِهِ، سمعتُه يقول: "مَن تعلَّمَ الرَّمي ثم تركه فليس مِنَّا". وفي لفظ: "فقد عصى". رواه أهل "السنن" (٢). وفي "السنن" عن عقبة بن عامر أيضًا قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "إنَّ الله لَيُدْخِل بالسهم الواحدة ثلاثةَ نفر الجنة: صانعَه المحتَسِب في عمله الخير، والرامي به، والمُمِدَّ به - وفي رواية: ومُنْبِلَه -، فارموا، واركبوا، وأن ترموا أحبُّ إليَّ من أن تركبوا، كلُّ لهوٍ باطلٌ، ليس
(١) في (خ، مط) (الأبواب). (٢) لم أجده عند أهل السنن بهذا اللفظ، وانما أخرجه مسلم في صحيحه (١٩١٩) بلفظ (من علم الرمي ثم تركه، فليس منَّا، أو قد عصى)، وأبو عوانة في مستخرجه (٤/ ٥٠٣) رقم (٢٨١٤) والقرَّاب في فضائل الرمي رقم (٨). من طريق ابن لهيعة عن عثمان بن نعيم الرعيني عن المغيرة بن نهيك عن عقبة مرفوعًا (من تعلم الرمي ثم تركه فقد عصاني). وسنده ضعيف وعلَّته تفرد ابن لهيعة به وفيه ضعف، وفيه أيضًا المغيرة بن نهيك وهو مجهول.

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