Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3143
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ السُّلَمِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ بَلَغَ بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " . فَبَلَّغْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ سَهْمًا . قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ عِدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ " .
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala informed us; he said: Khalid narrated to us; he said: Hisham narrated to us; he said: Qatadah narrated to us, from Salim ibn Abi al-Jad, from MAdan ibn Abi Talhah, from Abu Najih al-Sulami, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever sends an arrow in the cause of Allah and it reaches its mark will have a rank in Paradise. That day I landed sixteen arrows. He said: And I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah has the reward of freeing a slave.
Translation notes
The verb بلغ in the first statement and Abu Najih’s follow-up indicates that the arrows reached their target; the source does not state the target explicitly.
قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ بَلَغَ بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " .
The wording says to reach with an arrow in Allah’s cause; its understood object is the target, as supported by the narrator saying he landed sixteen arrows.
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