Hadith 2441
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this noble verse (translation): "Prepare against the disbelievers whatever strength you can." Listen: By strength is meant archery.
Hadith 2442
أَخْبَرَنَا
وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
هِشَامٌ، عَنْ
يَحْيَى، عَنْ
أَبِي سَلَّامٍ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَزْرَقِ، عَنْ
عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
"إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُدْخِلُ الثَّلَاثَةَ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ الْجَنَّةَ: صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ، وَالْمُمِدُّ بِهِ، وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ" . وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
"ارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا، وَلَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا" . وَقَالَ:
"كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْهُو بِهِ الرَّجُلُ بَاطِلٌ إِلَّا رَمْيَ الرَّجُلِ بِقَوْسِهِ وَتَأْدِيبَهُ فَرَسَهُ، وَمُلَاعَبَتَهُ أَهْلَهَ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ" وَقَالَ:
"مَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عَلِّمَهُ، فَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِي عَلِّمَهُ" ..
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will admit three people into Paradise because of a single arrow: the one who made it, if he made it with a good intention, the one who handed it over, and the one who shot it." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Practice archery, ride (horses), and archery is more beloved to me than riding." And he said: "Every game that a man plays is falsehood except for his shooting with his bow, his training of his horse, and his playing with his wife; these three are truth." And he said: "Whoever abandons archery after learning it has shown ingratitude to the one who taught him."