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Sahih Muslim 1918aصحيح مسلم 1918a
وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " سَتُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَرَضُونَ وَيَكْفِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلاَ يَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَلْهُوَ بِأَسْهُمِهِ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Uqba b. Amir who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Lands shall be thrown open to you and Allah will suffice you (against your enemies), but none of you should give up playing with his arrows.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
هارون بن معروف ← عبد الله بن وهب ← عمرو بن الحارث بن يعقوب ← ثمامة بن شفي ← عقبة بن عامر بن عبس
Harun ibn Ma'ruf → Abdullah ibn Wahb → Amr ibn al-Harith ibn Ya'qub → Thumama ibn Shufayy → Uqbah ibn Amir