Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ قَالَ قَالَ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مُرَّةَ حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاحْذَرْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ارْمُوا أَهْلَ صُنْعٍ مَنْ بَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي النَّحَّامِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الدَّرَجَةُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِعَتَبَةِ أُمِّكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا بَيْنَ الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us: al-A'mash narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Murrah, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, who said: He said to Ka'b ibn Murrah, 'O Ka'b ibn Murrah, narrate to us from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and be careful.' He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'Shoot, O people of skill in archery; whoever reaches the enemy with an arrow, Allah will raise him a degree thereby.' He said: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Nahham then said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the degree?' The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'It is not like the threshold of your mother's house; rather, between the two degrees is a hundred years.'