Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 20535 — What is mentioned on the virtue

Shurahbil bin al-Simt (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We said to Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Ka'b! Narrate to us a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and be careful (fear Allah)!" Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Shoot arrows at the enemy. Whoever's arrow reaches the enemy, Allah Almighty raises him one level in Paradise." Hearing this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abi al-Nahham (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! How much is that level?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That level is not like the doorstep of your father's house; rather, between two levels there is a distance of a hundred years." We said again: "O Ka'b! Narrate to us a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and be careful about it!" He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever's hair turns grey in the cause of Allah, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah is like one who has freed a slave."