I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Allah admits three people to Paradise on account of a single arrow: its maker who intends good through his craft, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it to him. So shoot and ride, but that you should shoot is dearer to me than that you should ride. Nothing counts as idle play except three things: a man's training of his horse, his playful time with his wife, and his shooting with his bow and arrows. Whoever abandons archery after having learned it, out of disinterest, has abandoned a blessing," or he said, "has shown ingratitude for it."
حدثنا سعيد بن منصور حدثنا عبد الله بن المبارك حدثني عبد الرحمن بن يزيد بن جابر حدثني أبو سلام عن خالد بن زيد
سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول إن الله عز وجل يدخل بالسهم الواحد ثلاثة نفر الجنة صانعه يحتسب في صنعته الخير والرامي به ومنبله وارموا واركبوا وأن ترموا أحب إلي من أن تركبوا ليس من اللهو إلا ثلاث تأديب الرجل فرسه وملاعبته أهله ورميه بقوسه ونبله ومن ترك الرمي بعد ما علمه رغبة عنه فإنها نعمة تركها أو قال كفرها
[Its isnad is hasan]. Nasai narrated it in the Book of Jihad, chapter on the reward of one who shoots an arrow in the path of Allah , hadith no. 3148, from the hadith of Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir, with the same wording. It is also found in Sunan Saeed bin Mansur, hadith no. 2450, in full, and Hakim graded it sahih, 2/95, and Dhahabi agreed with him.Khalid bin Zayd, his hadith is hasan, according to the correct view.