We used to pray Maghrib with the Prophet ﷺ and then return to the market, and if any of us shot an arrow...Uthman said, "Had he shot an arrow, he would have seen where it landed."
كنا نصلي مع النبي ﷺ المغرب، وننصرف إلى السوق، ولو رمى أحدنا بالنبل… قال عثمان: رمى بالنبل لأبصر مواقعها.
Imam Ahmad (17029) (17052), Tabarani in Al-Kabir (5/292), Abd bin Humayd (281), and Ibn Abu Shayba (1/329) all narrated it through the route of Ibn Abu Dhib, from Salih the freedman of Tawama, from Zayd bin Khalid, who mentioned something similar. Its chain is hasan on account of Salih the freedman of Tawama, for he was truthful but became confused in his later years, though Ibn Abu Dhib heard from him before his confusion set in. Ibn Adi said, "There is no harm in him when the earlier narrators such as Ibn Abu Dhib, Ibn Jurayj, and Ziyad bin Saad narrate from him." Haythami said in Al-Majmu (1/310), "Ahmad and Tabarani narrated it in Al-Kabir, and in it is Salih the freedman of Tawama, who became confused toward the end of his life. Ibn Main said, 'Ibn Abu Dhib heard from him before the confusion.' And this is from the narration of Ibn Abu Dhib from him."Sufyan corroborated him, narrating from Salih the freedman of Tawama with the same account, mentioning something similar. Imam Ahmad (17041) narrated it, and from him Tabarani in Al-Kabir (5/292), and Sufyan was among those who heard from him after his confusion. Sufyan's corroboration confirms that he did not err in this hadith even after the confusion.It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Abu Tarif, who said, "I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he besieged Taif, and he used to lead us in the prayer of sight, so that if a man threw an arrow he could see where it landed." Imam Ahmad (15437) narrated it, and from him Tabarani in Al-Kabir (22/315), through the route of Azhar bin Qasim Rasibi, who said, Zakariya bin Ishaq told us, from Walid bin Abdullah bin Shamila, from Abu Tarif, who mentioned something similar.Walid bin Abdullah bin Shamila is among the men of Al-Tajil. Bukhari and Ibn Abu Hatim mentioned him but recorded neither criticism nor endorsement of him. Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Al-Thiqat, so he is "acceptable" if corroborated, but he was not corroborated.As for the phrase "prayer of sight," Bayhaqi (1/447) said he meant by it the Maghrib prayer, and it was called the prayer of sight because it is performed before the darkness of night sets in.Haythami mentioned it in Al-Majmu (1/310) and said, "Ahmad narrated it, and in it is Walid bin Abdullah bin Shamila, whom I have not found anyone mention." Then he said, "This Walid is Walid bin Abdullah bin Sumayra, as Tabarani narrated it, and likewise Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Al-Thiqat, and mentioned his narration from Abu Tarif, and that there is disagreement about the name of his grandfather."