Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3145
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ خَالِدًا، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الشَّامِيَّ - يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا عَمْرُو بْنَ عَبَسَةَ حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا، سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْسَ فِيهِ نِسْيَانٌ وَلاَ تَنَقُّصٌ . قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ أَخْطَأَ أَوْ أَصَابَ كَانَ لَهُ كَعِدْلِ رَقَبَةٍ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُسْلِمَةً كَانَ فِدَاءُ كُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ وَمَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala informed us; he said: al-Mutamir narrated to us; he said: I heard Khalid—meaning Ibn Zayd, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Shami—relate from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, from Amr ibn Absah, who said: I said: Amr ibn Absah, relate to us a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), without forgetting or omitting anything. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah and it reaches the enemy, whether it misses or hits, will have a reward equal to freeing a slave. Whoever frees a Muslim slave, each of the slave’s limbs will ransom a corresponding limb from the Fire of Hell. And whoever grows a gray hair in the cause of Allah will have it as a light for him on the Day of Resurrection.
Translation notes
The report distinguishes whether the arrow hits or misses after reaching the enemy, then adds the reward for freeing a Muslim slave and for gray hair grown in Allah’s cause.