I was the first Arab to shoot an arrow in the cause of Allah. I remember when we used to go on military campaigns with nothing to eat but the leaves of the hubla tree and this samur tree, so that one of us would relieve himself like a sheep, his droppings unmixed. Now the tribe of Banu Asad seeks to instruct me about Islam. If that were so, I would have failed and my efforts would have been in vain.
حدثنا مسدد حدثنا يحيى عن إسماعيل حدثنا قيس قال سمعت
إني لأول العرب رمى بسهم في سبيل الله ورأيتنا نغزو وما لنا طعام إلا ورق الحبلة وهذا السمر وإن أحدنا ليضع كما تضع الشاة ما له خلط ثم أصبحت بنو أسد تعزرني على الإسلام خبت إذا وضل سعيي