In the virtues of archery and commanding it
بَابٌ فِي فَضْلِ الرَّمْيِ وَالْأَمْرِ بِهِ
Sunan ad-Darimi, Book of Religious Battles(view book)
ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr Marthad b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir
He recited this verse: "And prepare against them whatever power you can and horses tied at the frontier" [Surah Al-Anfal 60]. Surely, the power lies in hurling. – Sound Chain
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ مَرْثَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ
أَنَّهُ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ} [الأنفال 60] أَلَا إِنَّ الْقُوَّةَ الرَّمْيُ – إسناده صحيح
Classification
And Hb b. Jarīr > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Sallām > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd al-Azraq > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah Almighty admits the three who die in the same battle by a single arrow into Paradise. He is the Creator of it, and He counts the good that they did, the one who provided it, and the one who shot it." – Fair Chain
أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَزْرَقِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يُدْخِلُ الثَّلَاثَةَ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالْمُمِدَّ بِهِ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ – إسناده جيد