to my family? One sheep was eaten by a wolf, and another strayed away. What am I to say about the third?” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “We would not both defeat you and make you bear the loss. Take your sheep.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd.) p. 285

Good. It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd (4078), as well as al-Tirmidhī (1/329–330), through Abū al-Hasan al-Asqalānī, from Abū Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Rukānah, from his father, that Rukānah wrestled the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet defeated him. This is how he narrated it; it does not mention this happening more than once. Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a singular hadith. Its chain of transmission is not sound, and we know neither Abū al-Hasan al-Asqalānī nor Ibn Rukānah.” Al-Hākim also narrated it through this same route (3/452), and both he and al-Dhahabī remained silent about it. As for the other version, I have not found anyone who narrated it. The first version, however, has corroborating reports that I cited in al-Irwā’ (1503), on account of which I judged the hadith to be good. Allah knows best.

379 — (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pass by his Companions while they were gathered in groups practicing archery (target shooting), and he would encourage them, saying, “Shoot, and I am with you.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.) p. 285

Authentic. It was narrated by al-Bukhārī (2/224), as well as Ahmad (4/50), from Salamah ibn al-Akwa, who said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a group from Aslam who were competing in archery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Shoot, sons of Ishmael, for your father was an archer. I am with the sons of so-and-so.’ One of the two teams then stopped shooting, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, ‘Why are you not shooting?’ They replied, ‘How can we shoot when you are with them?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Shoot, for I am with all of you.’” It has a corroborating report from Ibn Abbās in abridged form, narrated by Ibn Mājah (2815) and Ahmad (1/364), with a chain authentic according to Muslim’s criterion. It also has another corroborating report from Abū Hurayrah, with similar wording in full. Ibn Hibbān narrated it (1646) with a good chain.