(1) The phrase “in another version: wa-munabbilihi (and the arrow-fletcher)”—or, in one wording, “kafaraha (he was ungrateful for it)”—does not appear in the MaT copy. (2) The wording under discussion is actually a blend of two separate reports that reach us through two different chains from Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani. The first report is recorded by al-Tirmidhi (after no. 1637), Ibn Majah (no. 1811), Ahmad (4:144-148), al-Tayalisi in his Musnad (nos. 1099–1100), al-Fasawi in al-Maʿrifah (2:502), al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (17:341), and others. Its chain runs: Hisham al-Dastuwaʾi → Yahya ibn Abi Kathir → Abu Salam → Abd Allah ibn Zayd al-Azraq → Uqbah. The wording is identical up to the clause “for they are part of the truth,” without the addition “and the fletcher.” Al-Tayalisi, al-Tahawi, Ahmad, al-Ruyani, and others append the sentence, “Whoever abandons archery after learning it has shown ingratitude to the one who taught him”; in one version cited by al-Tahawi the phrase reads, “…it was a blessing for which he showed ingratitude.” The second report is transmitted by Abu Dawud (no. 2513), al-Nasaʾi (no. 3146, abridged; no. 3578, full), Ahmad (6:146, no. 17321, full), Ibn al-Jarud in al-Muntaqa (no. 1062, full), and others. Its chain runs: Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir → Abu Salam → Khalid ibn Zayd, who heard it from Uqbah. It was also narrated by Muʿawiyah ibn Salam and Abu Rajaʾ—if the latter is correct, for I suspect the name Ibn Jabir may have been misread as Abi Rajaʾ—both from Abu Salam → Khalid ibn Zayd → Uqbah. Al-Tahawi cites this in Sharh Mushkil (1/ no. 298), and al-Bukhari mentions it in his Tarikh (3:150). I say: the versions of Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir and Muʿawiyah ibn Salam are more authentic and firmly established. Khalid ibn Zayd is a tabiʿi who heard from—and, as this report indicates, even accompanied—Uqbah ibn Amir; he used to go out with him for archery practice. Al-Fasawi lists him among the trustworthy tabiʿin of Egypt.