Hadith 23634

Chapter 66

باب 66

(66) باب يَأْخُذُ بِنُصُولِ النَّبْلِ إِذَا مَرَّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ

(66) Chapter: While passing through a mosque, (one should better) hold the arrowheads (with the hand)
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَمْرٍو أَسَمِعْتَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَهُ سِهَامٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمْسِكْ بِنِصَالِهَا ".

Narrated `Amr:
I heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "A man passed through the mosque carrying arrows. Allah's Apostle said to him, 'Hold them by their heads.' "

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 451

In-book reference: Book 8, Hadith 100

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 1, Book 8, Hadith 442