حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْکَلَاعِيِّ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ قَالَ عَلَّمْتُ رَجُلًا الْقُرْآنَ فَأَهْدَی إِلَيَّ قَوْسًا فَذَکَرْتُ ذَلِکَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَخَذْتَهَا أَخَذْتَ قَوْسًا مِنْ نَارٍ فَرَدَدْتُهَا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2158
It was narrated that 'Ubadah bin Samit said: "I taught people from Ahliss-Suffah the Qur'an and how to write, and one of them gave me a bow. I said: It is not money, and I can shoot (with it) for the sake of Allah: I asked the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H about it and he said: 'If it would please you to have a necklace of fire placed around your neck, then accept it:" (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020