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Bayhaqi Q19727 — Encouragement of archery

قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: قَالَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ فِيمَا نَدَبَ بِهِ أَهْلَ دِينِهِ: {وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ} [الأنفال: 60] فَزَعَمَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ بِالتَّفْسِيرِ، أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ هِيَ الرَّمْيُ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Allah, exalted be His praise, said in what He urged the people of His religion to: 'And prepare against them whatever you are able of strength and of tethered horses, by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy.' [Surah al-Anfal: 60]
The scholars of tafsir say that strength (in this verse) means archery."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / Q19727