English narration
Narrated by جرير بن عبد الله البجلي
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me. "Will you relieve me from Dhi-al-Khalasa? " Dhi-al-Khalasa was an idol which the people used to worship and it was called Al-Ka`ba al Yamaniyya. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I am a man who can't sit firm on horses." So he stroked my chest (with his hand) and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and well-guided man." So I went out with fifty (men) from my tribe of Ahrnas. (The sub-narrator, Sufyan, quoting Jarir, perhaps said, "I went out with a group of men from my nation.") and came to Dhi-al-Khalasa and burnt it, and then came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have not come to you till I left it like a camel with a skin disease." The Prophet then invoked good upon Ahmas and their cavalry (fighters).
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جَرِيرًا ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "
أَلَا تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ
" ، وَهُوَ نُصُبٌ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُ يُسَمَّى : الْكَعْبَةَ الْيَمَانِيَةَ ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ لَا أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ ، فَصَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي ، فَقَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ ، وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا " ، قَالَ : فَخَرَجْتُ فِي خَمْسِينَ فَارِسًا مِنْ أَحْمَسَ مِنْ قَوْمِي ، وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي عُصْبَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَأَحْرَقْتُهَا ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَتَيْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا مِثْلَ الْجَمَلِ الْأَجْرَبِ ، فَدَعَا لِأَحْمَسَ ، وَخَيْلِهَا .