عَنْ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ السُّلَمِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَاصَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِصْنَ الطَّائِفِ أَوْ قَصْرَ الطَّائِفِ فَقَالَ مَنْ بَلَغَ بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَلَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَبَلَغْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ سَهْمًا وَمَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَهُوَ لَهُ عِدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ وَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ شَيْبٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَهُوَ لَهُ نُورٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Najeeh Salmi (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We besieged the fort or palace of Ta’if in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah will receive one rank in Paradise. So, I shot sixteen arrows that day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) further said: And whoever strikes the enemy with an arrow in the way of Allah, he will have a reward equal to freeing a slave man or woman. And whoever grows old in the way of Allah, then the whiteness of his old age will be a source of light for him on the Day of Resurrection.