Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3777
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفَيْانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعْتَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِسِهَامٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " أَمْسِكْ بِنِصَالِهَا " . قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah said: I asked ‘Amr ibn Dinar, ‘Did you hear Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah say that a man passed through the mosque carrying arrows, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Hold them by their arrowheads”?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The instruction is to hold the arrows by their points so they do not injure anyone in the mosque.