Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا ابْنُ مِلْحَانَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى هُوَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شَمَاسَةَ أَنَّ فَقِيمًا اللَّخْمِيَّ قَالَ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ تَخْتَلِفُ بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْغَرَضَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ كَبِيرٌ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْكَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عُقْبَةُ لَوْلَا كَلَامٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ أُعَانِهِ قَالَ الْحَارِثُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ شَمَاسَةَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ مَنْ عَلِمَ الرَّمْيَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ تَرَكَهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا أَوْ قَدْ عَصَى
English Translation
Faqim al-Lakhmi said to Uqbah ibn Amir: You go back and forth between these two targets and you are old; it is difficult for you. Uqbah said: Were it not for words I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I would not endure it. Ibn Shamasah asked: What were they? He said: 'Whoever learns archery then abandons it is not one of us' - or he said - 'has disobeyed.'