Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3083
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ : ( وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ ) قَالَ " أَلاَ إِنَّ الْقُوَّةَ الرَّمْىُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيَفْتَحُ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ وَسَتُكْفَوْنَ الْمُؤْنَةَ فَلاَ يَعْجِزَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَلْهُوَ بِأَسْهُمِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ رَوَاهُ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ وَحَدِيثُ وَكِيعٍ أَصَحُّ . وَصَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir reported that the Messenger of Allah recited from the pulpit, “Prepare against them whatever force you can” (Qur’an 8:60), then said: ‘Indeed, force is archery’—three times. ‘Allah will open lands for you and provide you with provisions, so none of you should neglect practicing with his arrows.’ Abu ‘Isa said that Abu Usamah and others narrated it from Usamah ibn Zayd, from Salih ibn Kaysan, from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir, omitting the unnamed intermediary. He said Waki‘’s version is more sound. Salih ibn Kaysan did not meet ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir, though he did meet Ibn ‘Umar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic explicitly includes an unnamed intermediary in Waki‘’s chain and Abu ‘Isa notes that Salih ibn Kaysan did not meet ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir.