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1637. ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abū Ḥusain narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Indeed, Allāh will surely admit three into Paradise by a single arrow. Its maker who seeks good by his making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who holds arrows for him.” And he said: “Practice archery and practice riding, and that you should practice archery is more beloved to me than that you should ride. All idle pastimes that the Muslim man engages in are falsehood, except for his shooting of his bow, his training of his horse, and his playing with his wife, for they are from truth.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(Another chain) from ‘Abdullāh bin Al-Azraq, from ‘Uqbah bin ‘Āmir [Al-Juhānī] from the Prophet ﷺ with similar meaning.
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ka‘b bin Murrah, ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah, and ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr. This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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Commentary
Jihād in the cause of Allāh is an extremely virtuous act that fetches great reward from Allāh. As a consequence of it, activities like (i) manufacturing weapons for it with purity of intention, (ii) providing those weapons to the fighter, and (iii) replenishing them for him and exerting one's efforts in his defence, are all activities connected with Jihād that shall fetch reward from Allāh. And obviously, keeping the horses and training them for the purpose is also a part of that activity.
