صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب فَضْلِ الرَّمْيِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِ وَذَمِّ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ ثُمَّ نَسِيَهُ:
Chapter: The virtue of Shooting and Encouragement to learn it, and criticism of the one who learns it and then forgets it
Hadith 1919
This hadith is listed as number 4949 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِمَاسَةَ ، أَنَّ فُقَيْمًا اللَّخْمِيَّ ، قَالَ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ : تَخْتَلِفُ بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْغَرَضَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ كَبِيرٌ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْكَ ، قَالَ عُقْبَةُ : لَوْلَا كَلَامٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أُعَانِيهِ ، قَالَ الْحَارِثُ : فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ شَمَاسَةَ : وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ ، قَالَ : إِنَّهُ قَالَ : " مَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا أَوْ قَدْ عَصَى " .
It has been reported by 'Abdul Rahman bin Shamasa that Fuqaim al- Lakhmi said to Uqba bin Amir: You frequent between these two targets and you are an old man, so you will be finding it very hard. 'Uqba said: But for a thing I heard from the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) , I would not strain myself. Harith (one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) said: I asked Ibn Shamasa: What was that? He said that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Who learnt archery and then gave it up is not from us. or he has been guilty of disobedience (to Allah's Apostle) (ﷺ) .
