Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3142
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ يَا عَمْرُو حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا، سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ أَوَلَمْ يَبْلُغْ كَانَ لَهُ كَعِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُؤْمِنَةً كَانَتْ لَهُ فِدَاءَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ عُضْوًا بِعُضْوٍ " .
Amr ibn Uthman ibn Said ibn Kathir informed us; he said: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Safwan, who said: Sulaym ibn Amir narrated to me, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, who said to Amr ibn Absah: Amr, relate to us a hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever grows even one gray hair in the cause of Allah, Exalted is He, will have it as a light for him on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah, Exalted is He, whether it reaches the enemy or not, will have a reward like that of freeing a slave. And whoever frees a believing slave, that will be his ransom from the Fire, limb for limb.
Translation notes
The report gives three rewards: light for gray hair grown in Allah’s cause, a slave’s reward for shooting an arrow whether it hits or misses, and ransom from the Fire for freeing a believing slave.