Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 131

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، وَخَالِي، يَعْلَى وَوَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، يَقُولُ إِنِّي لأَوَّلُ الْعَرَبِ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏.‏

Translation

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'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; 'Abdullah ibn Idris, my maternal uncle Ya'la, and Waki' narrated to us, from Isma'il, from Qays, who said: I heard Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas say: I was the first of the Arabs to shoot an arrow in Allah's cause.