حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِمَاسَةَ أَنَّ فُقَيْمًا اللَّخْمِيَّ قَالَ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ تَخْتَلِفُ بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْغَرَضَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ کَبِيرٌ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْکَ قَالَ عُقْبَةُ لَوْلَا کَلَامٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أُعَانِيهِ قَالَ الْحَارِثُ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ شَمَاسَةَ وَمَا ذَاکَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَکَهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا أَوْ قَدْ عَصَی
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 4949
It has been reported by 'Abd al-Rahman b. Shamasa that Fuqaim al- Lakhmi said to Uqba b. Amir: You frequent between these two targets and you are an old man, so you will be finding it very hard. 'Uqba said: But for a thing I heard from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), I would not strain myself. Harith (one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) said: I asked Ibn Shamasa: What was that? He said that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Who learnt archery and then gave it up is not from us. or he has been guilty of disobedience (to Allah's Apostle).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020