Hadith 1918 a
Sahih Muslim
The Book on Government · The virtue of Shooting and Encouragement to learn it, and criticism of the one who learns it and then forgets it
Arabic
وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " سَتُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَرَضُونَ وَيَكْفِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلاَ يَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَلْهُوَ بِأَسْهُمِهِ " .
English translation
It has been narrated on the authority of Uqba b. Amir who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Lands shall be thrown open to you and Allah will suffice you (against your enemies), but none of you should give up playing with his arrows.
Grade as stored: Sahih
Narrator chain
- هارون بن معروف المروزي · first↓
- عبد الله بن وهب القرشي · chain↓
- عمرو بن الحارث الأنصاري · chain↓
- ثمامة بن شفي الهمداني · chain↓
- عقبة بن عامر الجهني · sahabi